THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
1. PREAMBLE
THE PREAMBLEOn your white shee underline all the words as they are shown and number each purpose as shown.
THE PREAMBLE We the people of the United States, 1
in order to form a more perfect union, 2 establish justice, 3 insure domestic tranquility, 4 provide for the common defense, 5 promote the general welfare and 6 secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
PREAMBLE VOCABULARYCopy the vocabulary word,
the synonyms and the definitions.
UNIONBlending, coming together,
combinationThe act of joining together
people or things
ESTABLISHCreate, start, begin, set upTo start or set up something
that is intended to continue
JUSTICEFairness, fair play, morality
INSURE
Make certain, make sureTo make sure something will
happen
DOMESTIC
home, household, family, national, internal
Happening within one country
TRANQUILITYPeaceful, calm, quiet
COMMON General, universal, shared,
everyone’sBelonging to, or shared by
two or more people or things
PROMOTE Endorse, encourage, support,
sponsorTo encourage the growth and
development of something
GENERAL universal, common, wide-
ranging Including all or nearly all the
members of a group
WELFARE
well-being, health, security, success
LIBERTYFreedom independencethe state of being free within
society from oppressive restrictions
POSTERITYfuture generations
ORDAIN
order, proclaim, command, establish To order or establish something
formally, especially by law
THE PREAMBLE
WE THE PEOPLE of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
We, the people of the United States
All the citizens of the United States
in order to form a more perfect
Union,
To come together and make things better for everyone who lives in our country
Establish Justice
To make things fair for all people
insure domestic Tranquility,
To make sure we can all have a good life and get along with one another
Provide for the common
defense,
To provide protectionto everyone
Promote general welfare,
To make life good for everybody by providing food, shelter, and safety
And secure the blessings of Liberty
To protect our rights and freedoms and not let anyone take them away
To ourselvesand
our posterity,
For ourselves and all our children and their children and every generation to come
Do ordain and establishthis Constitution
To approve of and begin to follow
For the United States of
America.
Our country,where we live
ASSIGNMENT Rewrite the Preamble changing the
underlined words. It must make sense. Read it out loud to yourself to make sure. You can rearrange the words to allow your paragraph to make sense.
DUE FEBRUARY 10, 2015 Assignment Name: Preamble
Rewrite
BASIC IDEAS THE FOUNDERS
INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION
1. Natural Rights and Higher Law
Purpose of government is to protect the rights of people to life, liberty, and property (natural rights)
Everyone had to obey the state constitution (higher law)
2. Social ContractThe people agree to form a government to protect their natural rights
3. Popular SovereigntyThe idea that the people give the government its power
The government has no power unless the people give it to them
4. RepresentationThe legislature should be
made up of representatives elected by the people
1st limited to white property owning men
5. Separation of Powers A government divided into
different branches to keep powers separated
Legislative Branch-law making Executive Branch-enforces laws Judicial Branch- interpret the law,
determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it
6. Checks and Balances One branch makes sure the other
branch is not abusing their powers In the legislature there were
usually two houses that kept checks on each other
Voters could elect new representatives if they didn’t like the way the government was working
7. Legislative Supremacy The majority of the governments power is
given to the legislative branch because these are the representatives elected by the people
Most didn’t like the idea of giving the governor (executive) lots of power because they remembered how the governors appointed by the king had abused their power
8. Declaration of Rights
Most state constitutions included a declaration of rights (Bill of Rights)
List of the basic rights of citizens
Bill of Rights Right to vote Elections Freedom of
speech and press
No taxation w/o representation
The right to have An attorney A jury trial Protection from illegal
searches and seizures Protection against self-
incrimination Protection from excessive
bail and fines Protection against cruel
and unusual punishment
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