2. THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION 1. PREAMBLE

3. THE PREAMBLE On your white shee underline all the words as they are shown and number each purpose as shown.

4. THE PREAMBLE We the people of the United States, 1 in order to form a more perfect union, 2 establish justice, 3 insure domestic tranquility, 4 provide for the common defense, 5 promote the general welfare and 6 secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

5. PREAMBLE VOCABULARY Copy the vocabulary word, the synonyms and the definitions.

6. UNION Blending, coming together, combination The act of joining together people or things

7. ESTABLISH Create, start, begin, set up To start or set up something that is intended to continue

8. JUSTICE Fairness, fair play, morality

9. INSURE Make certain, make sure To make sure something will happen

10. DOMESTIC home, household, family, national, internal Happening within one country

11. TRANQUILITY Peaceful, calm, quiet

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

13. PROMOTE Endorse, encourage, support, sponsor To encourage the growth and development of something

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

15. WELFARE well-being, health, security, success

16. LIBERTY Freedom independence the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions

17. POSTERITY future generations

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

19. 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.

20. We, the people of the United States

21. All the citizens of the United States

22. in order to form a more perfect Union,

23. To come together and make things better for everyone who lives in our country

24. Establish Justice

25. To make things fair for all people

26. insure domestic Tranquility,

27. To make sure we can all have a good life and get along with one another

28. Provide for the common defense,

29. To provide protection to everyone

30. Promote general welfare,

31. To make life good for everybody by providing food, shelter, and safety

32. And secure the blessings of Liberty

33. To protect our rights and freedoms and not let anyone take them away

34. To ourselves and our posterity,

35. For ourselves and all our children and their children and every generation to come

36. Do ordain and establish this Constitution

37. To approve of and begin to follow

38. For the United States of America.

39. Our country, where we live

40. 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. DUE FEBRUARY 10, 2015 Assignment Name: Preamble Rewrite

41. BASIC IDEAS THE FOUNDERS INCLUDED IN THE CONSTITUTION

42. 1. Natural Rights and Higher Law Purpose of government is to protect the rights of people to life, liberty, and property (natural rights) Everyone had to obey the state constitution (higher law)

43. 2. Social Contract The people agree to form a government to protect their natural rights

44. 3. Popular Sovereignty The idea that the people give the government its power The government has no power unless the people give it to them

45. 4. Representation The legislature should be made up of representatives elected by the people 1 st limited to white property owning men

46. 5. Separation of Powers A government divided into different branches to keep powers separated Legislative Branch-law making Executive Branch-enforces laws Judicial Branch- interpret the law, determine the constitutionality of the law, and apply it

47. 6. Checks and Balances One branch makes sure the other branch is not abusing their powers In the legislature there were usually two houses that kept checks on each other Voters could elect new representatives if they didn’t like the way the government was working

48. 7. Legislative Supremacy The majority of the governments power is given to the legislative branch because these are the representatives elected by the people Most didn’t like the idea of giving the governor (executive) lots of power because they remembered how the governors appointed by the king had abused their power

49. 8. Declaration of Rights Most state constitutions included a declaration of rights (Bill of Rights) List of the basic rights of citizens

50. Bill of Rights Right to vote Elections Freedom of speech and press No taxation w/o representation The right to have An attorney A jury trial Protection from illegal searches and seizures Protection against self- incrimination Protection from excessive bail and fines Protection against cruel and unusual punishment