MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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the government
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citizens
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state legislature
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Congress
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Detailed explanation-1: -“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-2: -The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the US Constitution’s fundamental purposes and guiding principles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -Benjamin Franklin, speech in the Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 17, 1787); reported in James Madison, Journal of the Federal Convention, ed.