The Constitution of the United States
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, 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.”
The preamble to the Constitution is a clear statement of the exact goals and purposes for which the United States government was officially established. It was intended to “secure the Blessings of Liberty” for all Americans at the time and for all future generations.
By its first three words, “We the People“, the Constitution affirms that the government of America was, as Abraham Lincoln later described it, “of the people, by the people and for the people” and whose power derives from the consent of the governed. In fact, the Constitution is the highest Law of the Land.
How the Founders intended to achieve this ideal state of the union is then laid out in detail in the seven articles following the preamble. It not only establishes the exact form of the new government and how it is suppose to run but specifically what the government can and cannot do.
Now, just to show how much fun learning about the Constitution can be, here are the seven articles brought to life with music and dance!
As evidence of its overall workability is the fact that the Constitution of the United States is the world’s longest surviving written charter of government. I would sincerely encourage every American to really take the time to read and understand the Constitution. A transcript can be found here compliments of the National Archives.
Now click the button below to review the final founding document: the Bill of Rights: