MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE US CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE ARTICLES AND AMENDMENTS
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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create courts
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declare independence
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bring the nation together
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create an army
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Detailed explanation-1: -form a more perfect union: to help keep the country together as one. 2. establish justice: provide laws and punishments in a fair manner. 3. insure domestic tranquility: keep peace within the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -"A more perfect union” implies that the progress of the American experience is never complete.
Detailed explanation-3: -First, the delegates wanted to “form a more perfect Union.” This meant building a country that could take advantage of the strengths the states gained from working together. The Constitution also aims to “establish Justice.” Americans wanted to be ruled by laws, not by the might of soldiers or the decisions of kings.
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.