US Constitution


__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

 

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