The Constitution Next
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It helps to organize the United States government and the relationship of the federal government with each of the states, citizens, and all people within the United States.
The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approved by each U.S. state.
The First 10 amendments in the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. The Preamble to the Constitution: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.
Can you answer the following questions?
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- The supreme Law of the land is
- the Constitution.
- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called
- the Bill of Rights.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution
