2. Revolution Ends October 19, 1781 – Yorktown; Cornwallis surrendered British still controlled Savannah, Charles Town, and New York British was convinced that the war was too costly to continue Sent delegates to Paris to meet with U.S. (Franklin, J Adams, Jay) – 1783 Treaty of Paris signed to officially end war (Sept.)

3. Constitution Articles of Confederation 1781 – 1789 Constitutional Convention 17897 Constitution Bill of Rights added Washington elected president April 30, 1789

4. The Preamble Copy the following paragraph. Please underline all the words as they are shown.

5. 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.

6. Preamble vocabulary Copy the vocabulary word and the synonyms. You do not need to copy the definitions.

7. union Blending, coming together, combination The act of joining together people or things

8. establish Create, start, begin, set up To start or set up something that is intended to continue

9. justice Fairness, fair play, morality

10. insure Make certain, make sure To make sure something will happen

11. domestic home, household, family, national, internal Happening within one country

12. tranquility Peaceful, calm, quiet

13. common General, universal, shared, everyone’s Belonging to, or shared by two or more people or things

14. promote Endorse, encourage, support, sponsor To encourage the growth and development of something

15. general universal, common, wide-ranging Including all or nearly all the members of a group

16. welfare well-being, health, security, success

17. posterity future generations

18. ordain order, proclaim, command, establish To order or establish something formally, especially by law

19. 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.