EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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It was immediately ratified by all of the states.
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It is the longest-lived written plan for representative government in history.
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It was Thomas Jefferson’s masterpiece.
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It was created with the idea that it could be easily revised if it was ineffective.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Article I-the longest article of the Constitution-describes congressional powers that are divided between two institutions: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Constitution includes provisions for passing amendments.
Detailed explanation-3: -All of the following statements about Article III of the Constitution are TRUE except: Article III gives the judicial branch power to enforce laws.
Detailed explanation-4: -Article I is the longest part of the Constitution. That’s because the Founding generation expected Congress to be the most powerful-and most dangerous-branch of government. Article I also sets out the powers of Congress and lists certain limits to those powers.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Articles of Confederation were adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777. This document served as the United States’ first constitution. It was in force from March 1, 1781, until 1789 when the present-day Constitution went into effect.