1. Constitution

2. Constitutions Constitution Is a plan that provides the rules for Government May be written or unwritten The U.S. Constitution is the oldest written constitution still serving a nation today. What does that say about the strength of our government?

3. Purposes Constitutions 1. Set out ideals that people believe and share. 2. Sets the basic structure of government and defines powers and duties. 3. Provides Supreme law for the country.

4. U.S. 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.

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