__A Pretty Important Piece of Paper__
-Supreme law of the United States of America
-adopted September 23, 1788 (NOT 1776)
-Oldest constitution sill in effect in the entire world
-Composed of 7 Articles and a Preamble
-Articles set up a Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches as well as detailing State's powers, the Amendment process, Federal power, and the Ratification process
-ideas were influenced by Englightened thinkers such as Locke, Montesquieu, and Rouseau
-Ratifited for the United States only after a long, heated drafting and ratification process
Picture of the Constitutionl Convention -->
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