7ArticlesofConst
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What were the goals of the
Founders at the Constitutional
Convention?
“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.”
Establishes the GOALS of the new U.S.
Government
Legislative Branch
Largest Article
◦ Made up of Congress
(Senate & House of
Representatives)
◦ Duty: Make Laws
◦ Discussed in greatest
detail (10 Sections);
greatest division
“in republican
government, the
legislative necessarily
predominates” Fed #51
Executive Branch
◦ Make up: President, Vice
President, & Cabinet
◦ Duty: To enforce laws
4 Sections
◦ Roles, requirements,
powers
Judicial Branch
◦ Make up: Supreme
Court
Only court created by
the Constitution
◦ Duty: Interpret Laws
3 Sections
◦ Terms, Powers
Relates the
Constitution to the
States
Duties states have to
each other, to the
federal government
Admission of new
states
Article V:
◦ Outlines Amendment
process
Article VI:
◦ Establishes
Constitution as
Supreme Law of the
Land
Article VII:
◦ Outlines Ratification
process