US Constitution Politics St Edwards Year 12

  Advantages of the Voting Expansion  An advantage of the voting expansion is that you can register to vote at 16. this is positive because the youth of the time are able to make a difference by registering to vote. This is positive because although these people are not yet adults, they are treated like one as they can not yet fully vote for thier political views but they can put forward that they would like to vote. They are given a political voice from a young age which makes them feel involved and potentially make them care about Politics and make it matter to them. So I think that being able to vote at 16 is a massive positive because of the reasons stated. Another positive of the voting expansion is the involvement of women in politics with the Suffragette movement in the Early 20th century. I think that this is positive because it proves that women are very capable of making political decisions. It is much the same as the prior point because it makes people that are pote...

  History  The US Constitution is over 200 years old and it all starts in 1775 when the 'Revolutionary War' between the colonies and Britain begins (one of the colonized countries being America) which means that America at this time was being controlled by Britain. The next year, in 1776, the Declaration of American Independence was written and the 13 colonies become 13 states; however they are not yet united under one single government. The declaration was written by Thomas Jefferson.   A general summary of the US Constitution is that it established America's national government and their fundamental laws. It also guarantees American citizens basic human rights. It was signed on September 17th 1787 and was taken to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to be ratified. Before this happened however, a series of things took place which triggered the creation of the declaration of independence and the American Constitution.  In 1775, the Revolutionary War t...