MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE US CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE ARTICLES AND AMENDMENTS
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The constitution was written for all the people of the United States.
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The constitution was only written for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
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Referring to “the people” who authored the constitution.
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The people of Massachusetts.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
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: -The Preamble of the Indian Constitution begins with the words, We, the people of India. ‘We the people of India’ signifies that power rests in the hands of people. The Constitution is given by the people to themselves.