The Constitution is important to America because it was the document that had founded our government. It was the basis of what would form the United States. It outlines all of our rights as citizens and gives a complete list of all the things we can do, and the rights that we have. The Constitution is the most important document ever crafted in American History, it had developed the representation of the Great Compromise, it had addressed the weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation, and it addressed
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How the Constitution addressed the complaints in the Declaration of Independence: The United States Constitution was established to help set-up the first form of government, in the year 1787, and the Bill of Rights was later added in the year 1791. The Constitution was established for the common good of all people. The Constitution and Amendments were written to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence which was written in the year 1776. The United States Constitution reflects
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United States Constitution was the first form of government. The Bill of Rights came later but proved to fix many problems. The United States Constitution and Amendments were established to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence. It is amazing to say The Constitution is not only the nations but the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. The famous phrase “We the People” is one of the first fixes between the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. These three
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Constitution Paper Alexandra Davis Bourda HIS/110 March 9, 2015 James Halm The Constitution has addressed many problems in the Article of Confederation and Declaration of Independence. Some took more time than others but they got fixed either way. As you know every problem comes with a solution. If the problem did not have a solution then things would be different in today’s world. The weakness that the Constitution addressed in the Articles of Confederation were Congress did not have enough
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States Constitution Jasmine T. Collins HIS 115 2/16/14 Thomas Deering The United States Constitution The United States Constitution was the first form of government. The Bill of Rights was later added. The United States Constitution and Amendments were established to fix the problems stated in the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. The phrase “We the People” is one of the first fixes between the Constitution and Declaration
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Constitution Paper Nikki Collins HIS/115 Amy Obszarski 9/7/2013 The Constitution was a big part in making the United Stated of America. It did a lot in setting rules as well. The Constitution addressed many things: weakness, complaints, and representation. All of these would make many different things come together to what we see today in our society. The help of the Constitution brought together the government and made it fair to the states and people. This is what we see in the
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HIS/115 Mr. Randy Shuler Constitution Paper University of Phoenix 3/29/15 America is glorified as a land of freedom. As a country we have certain rights and Privileges gained simply by the fact that we are American citizens. We are also fortunate that these rights are protected through what is called the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Documents protect our truths and rights as a citizen. This wasn’t always so. There had to be a Time before the Constitution and in that time it was
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became effective in 1781. However, their existence was short lived as major flaws, limitations and discrepancies were mounting. These gave way to the Articles being scrapped altogether and a new governing document being written called the U.S. Constitution. Many have called the Articles of Confederation America's first failure at government. Unification The articles of the confederation was a weak attempt at best, by a new country to try an unite itself and form a government of its own after
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The Constitution of the United States of America The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of America. It consists of seven articles all created to make sure each member in the court of law is being honest and it states what their exact job in the courtroom is. They are expected to follow these exact laws as they are written from how many congressmen are elected per state down to how they would be elected. The Constitution is the oldest and the shortest written constitution in the
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Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence In the Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence was signed by 56 delegates while John Hancock signed the largest. It’s so hard to believe that only 56 men signed the papers that declared America’s independence from Great Britain. In the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote this letter as a complaint to the king of Great Britain to inform him that they were declaring themselves as
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