US Constitution History

 

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 took place where the British went into the colonized countries which triggered a war that the Americans won against the British and therefore after the war declared their independence with the Declaration of Independence written in 1776. After almost a year of debating the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, establishing the first form of American Government. In 1781 the Articles of Confederation went into effect after ratification by the states.

In 1783 the United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris to officially end the American Revolutionary War and Britain recognized the American Declaration of Independence and backed down. Shays Rebellion of 1786 put calls to reevaluate the Articles of Confederation. The Articles had to be reevaluated therefore. Then in 1787 the Philadelphia Conference saw the signing of the US Constitution on the 17th September 1787. The first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution is called the Bill of Rights. 

The 11th Amendment is that people from different states are freely able to go out of their state into another state without questioning. The 12th Amendment provides the election of a President and a Vice President. The 13th Amendment is the one that abolishes Slavery in the United States. The 14th Amendment says that the American government is not allowed to make a law that in any way removes any rights from it's citizens. The 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote for government. The 18th Amendment prohibited the manufacturing , transport and selling of illegal alcohol. The 27th Amendment prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of the members of the Congress until the start of the next set of terms of office for representatives. 

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