Constitution Day
September 16 - 17, 2005
The United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United
States of America
Signed:
at the Constitutional Convention
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by 39 of the 55 founding fathers
on September 17, 1787
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Preamble:
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We the People
of the United States,
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in order to form
a more perfect union,
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establish justice
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ensure
domestic tranquility,
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provide
for the common defense,
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promote
the general welfare,
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and secure
the blessings of liberty
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to ourselves
and our posterity,
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do ordain
and establish
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this Constitution
for the United States
of America.
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Article 1
establishes the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
of government, Congress, which includes
the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
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Article 2:
creates the EXECUTIVE BRANCH of
the government, comprising the
President and other executive officers.
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Article 3:
establishes the JUDICIAL BRANCH of
the federal (national) government.
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Article 4:
provides for the responsibilities states
have to each other, and the
responsibilities the federal government
has to the states.
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Article 5:
describes the amendment process whereby
the Constitution may be altered.
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Article 6:
establishes the United States
Constitution and the laws and treaties of
the United States made in accordance
with it as the supreme law of the land,
and fulfills other purposes.
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Article 7:
describes the process by which the entire
document is to be ratified and take effect.
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Source: The National Archives Experience
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html