US Constitution Analysis
After declaration of independence was adopted, which made clear that United States was not under British rule and each state was independent, there was a huge urge to create a more stable form of government as it was getting difficult for the congress to regulate trade, negotiate foreign trade treaties, or in general exercise have any impact on the national economy because states had more control than government. The first U.S. Constitution, “The Article of Confederation” was introduced in 1771 which was later ratified in 1781. With The Article of Confederation in rule, what to do was still a question on national level as it also created a weak government with no executive or judiciary power. Still all the power was in hand of states, including
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This is when constitutional convention happened on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia where delegates mostly agreed to each other. The delegates decided to have a bicameral legislature: an upper and lower house. The main idea behind the constitution was the separation of power. The design of the constitution was an advance idea taken from Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment thinker. The idea was to make three branches of government which would balance each other and will stop any of them from abusing power. The U.S. Constitution consists of 7 articles and 27 amendments. The first ten amendments (Bill of rights) were ratified on December 15, 1791 to secure human rights. The formation and meaning exists behind the existence of constitution itself as it was created to form “a perfect union, establish justice, insecure 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”. I would like to end it with one of Abraham Lincoln’s saying that very well explains the idea behind constitution (decides how government will run) that government is, “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the
This is when constitutional convention happened on September 17, 1787 in Philadelphia where delegates mostly agreed to each other. The delegates decided to have a bicameral legislature: an upper and lower house. The main idea behind the constitution was the separation of power. The design of the constitution was an advance idea taken from Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment thinker. The idea was to make three branches of government which would balance each other and will stop any of them from abusing power. The U.S. Constitution consists of 7 articles and 27 amendments. The first ten amendments (Bill of rights) were ratified on December 15, 1791 to secure human rights. The formation and meaning exists behind the existence of constitution itself as it was created to form “a perfect union, establish justice, insecure 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”. I would like to end it with one of Abraham Lincoln’s saying that very well explains the idea behind constitution (decides how government will run) that government is, “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the