MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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executive branch.
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state legislatures.
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citizens.
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Congress.
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Detailed explanation-1: -1. It is indicated by the Preamble that the source of authority of the Constitution lies with the people of India. 2. Preamble declares India to be a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic.
Detailed explanation-2: -“We the People” includes all the citizens of the United States of America. The importance of this phrase shows that it wasn’t just the framers of the Constitution or the legislators who were given powers to the government. Instead, the government gets all of its powers from the Citizens of the United States of America.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first three words in the Constitution are the most powerful: We the People. They declare that the Constitution derives its power not from a king or a Congress, but from the people themselves. This concept of popular sovereignty-power to the people-is the foundation upon which the entire Constitution depends.