Constitution Day September 16 - 17, 2005

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Constitution DaySeptember 16 - 17, 2005
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The Constitution of the United States of America

• Signed
• at the Constitutional Convention
• in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• by 39 of the 55 founding fathers
• on September 17, 1787

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Preamble
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We the People of the United States,
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in order to form a more perfect union,
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establish justice
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ensure domestic tranquility,
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provide for the common defense,
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promote the general welfare,
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and secure the blessings of liberty
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to ourselves and our posterity,
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do ordain and establish
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this Constitution for the United States of
America.
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Article 1

• establishes the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH of government,
  Congress, which includes the House of
  Representatives and the Senate.

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Article 2

• creates the EXECUTIVE BRANCH of the government,
  comprising the President and other executive
  officers.

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Article 3

• establishes the JUDICIAL BRANCH of the federal
  (national) government.

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Article 4

• provides for the responsibilities states have to
  each other, and the responsibilities the federal
  government has to the states.

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Article 5

• describes the amendment process whereby the
  Constitution may be altered.

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Article 6

• establishes the United States Constitution and
  the laws and treaties of the United States made
  in accordance with it as the supreme law of the
  land, and fulfills other purposes.

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Article 7

• describes the process by which the entire
  document is to be ratified and take effect.

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