"Because the US constitution is written and codified it is superior to the UK constitution" Do you agree? ... They sought something better and came up with a codified constitution. ... These form "the flesh on the bones of the constitution". ... If we take into account the traditional and evolved manner of the UK constitution it would appear that such constraints aren"t really needed; as history has shown (there have been no really abuses of power in recent/relative history). That raises the question that if attempts at such abuses of the constitution were to take place would the consti...

• Word Count: 1978
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"Because the US constitution is written and codified it is superior to the UK constitution" Do you agree? ... They sought something better and came up with a codified constitution. ... These form "the flesh on the bones of the constitution". ... If we take into account the traditional and evolved manner of the UK constitution it would appear that such constraints aren't really needed; as history has shown (there have been no really abuses of power in recent/relative history). That raises the question that if attempts at such abuses of the constitution were to take place would the c...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Constitution The U.S. ... Constitution. ... I guess that even when preparing a document that is supposed to be the foundation for the United States, the African-American slaves, could have no part in making history for America. ... Yes, it is brought to your attention through out school, in history courses, but until I was given this assignment, I never took the time to find out anything about the U.S. Constitution. ...

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However, the Texas Constitution is now outdated and piece of history, needing to be rewritten for twenty- first century ideals. ... Constitution (Gomez). ... Constitution is the first ten amendments to the constitution. ... Constitution. ... Constitution. ...

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Indian constitution is the most detailed constitution in the world. No other constitution has gone into such minute details as the Indian Constitution. ... Indian Constitution is a very detailed constitution. ... Firstly it is said Indian constitution is a "borrowed constitution". ... We have examples from history of India after independence when Indian constitution had accommodated large no. of rules. ...

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In this turbulent period of history, the issue of slavery was pulling the North and South farther and farther apart. ... The North felt that the Constitution protected the rights of all men, even slaves. ... The American people were beginning to lose faith in the Constitution and its powers to keep order. ... The Kansas-Nebraska Act brought into serious question the competence of the Constitution. ... In this tumultuous time in American history, the Constitution should have been able to put a stop to the sectional arguments over slavery, but actually, seemed to make the problem worse. ...

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The Iroquois Constitution Called the "People of the Longhouse," the Iroquois were one of the most influential Native American Nations in our human history. ... Combined into a single article, the laws of the Iroquois League of Nations were called the Iroquois Constitution. ... Abiding by the principles of the Constitution, the people of the League were generous with each other and cooperated with the views of their leaders. ... Unique at the time from most governing documents, the Iroquois Constitution was passed on orally from generation to generation. Each year, a council of the Nati...

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Constitution Article Five, clause two of the United States Constitution states, "under the Authority of the United States, [the Constitution] shall be the supreme law of the land." ... Thomas Jefferson once said, "The Constitution belongs to the living and not to the dead." ... The Constitution is extremely ambiguous concerning individual rights and personal freedoms of man. ... The Constitution also elaborates upon certain acts to which it is prohibited. ... Judicial power extends to all cases in which law and equity arise under the Constitution (Holder 42). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Defense and the Constitution From its origin, the United States has distinguished themselves from other nations. ... They accomplished this foal by writing one of the most beautiful documents in mankind's history, the Constitution of the United States. ... This perception had proven to be an obstacle to the ratification of the Constitution. Those who favored the adoption of the Constitution had come up with a remedy. ... The Constitution of the United also gave powers to the states. ...

• Word Count: 2056
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the history of this nation there has always been misconceptions regarding the Constitution. ... The Magna Carta is an unwritten constitution that, although is older, has had radical change throughout its history. ... They must increase the coverage of the Constitution in many of the history and social science courses. When looking at political history, constitutional history should also be covered. ... They need to show how the Constitution has affected Supreme Court decisions throughout history. ...

• Word Count: 933
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To prove how important this document is to our history I found this information "It was stored in various cities until 1952, when it was placed in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. ... I believe the creation of the United States Constitution was made based upon our founding fathers ideas at the point in history. ... Without the documents from our history and the past historical events the United States would've had nothing to base our Constitution on and our government wouldn't be that much different than any other country in the world today. ... I believe the creat...

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To prove how important this document is to our history I found this information "It was stored in various cities until 1952, when it was placed in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. ... I believe the creation of the United States Constitution was made based upon our founding fathers ideas at the point in history. ... Without the documents from our history and the past historical events the United States would've had nothing to base our Constitution on and our government wouldn't be that much different than any other country in the world today. ... I believe the creat...

• Word Count: 1917
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To prove how important this document is to our history I found this information "It was stored in various cities until 1952, when it was placed in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C. ... I believe the creation of the United States Constitution was made based upon our founding fathers ideas at the point in history. ... Without the documents from our history and the past historical events the United States would've had nothing to base our Constitution on and our government wouldn't be that much different than any other country in the world today. ... I believe the creat...

• Word Count: 1917
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Therefore, it is significant that four of the seven articles of the Constitution concern slavery directly. ... It stated that any matter not decided by the delegates and written in the Constitution was free to be settled by the states internally through their citizens. ... The Constitution of the United States in its original form was a Constitution of compromises. ... History showed that these attempts of agreement retained the true ideologies of the states only for a few years until they clash in open struggle. Today the sections of the Constitution concerning slavery are substituted by ame...

• Word Count: 858
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Constitution was written in 1787, and the writers of the Constitution "were determined to end the period of economic depression, social uncertainty, and very weak central government that had followed independence" (McKay, 695). ... These two documents were the basis of this constitution, and its purpose was to develop a working government and help rebuild their "new" nation. ... The Constitution was written to please the people of their "new" nation, and the audience was going to read this document in order to start over with a Democratic state. ... The Constitution of the United States wa...

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However, some voting rights are guaranteed by the Constitution. ... This was an enormous mistake by the Framers of the Constitution. ... As a result, the individual states have a strong and prevalent history of suppressing the right to vote. ... African Americans are arguably the most maligned and persecuted group in the history of the United States. ... Finally, a Grandfather Clause was added to many state constitutions. ...

• Word Count: 2017
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• Grade Level: High School

However it wasn't until the war of 1812 that the CONSTITUTION earned her place in naval history as one of the most successful ships in history. On the nineteenth of August, while patrolling the coast between Nova Scotia and Cape Race, the CONSTITUTION sighted a British ship, the HMS GUERRIERE. ... However, more daunting than that is the fact that the CONSTITUTION has remained in duty for over two centuries and is still undefeated in battle! The USS CONSTITUTION is more than a ship it's a symbol of American pride and power. She now resides docked in Boston Harbor, her birthplace, and...

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She begins by mentioning how little the constitution has been amended in its history (only 27 times). ... Basically, the Constitution was set forth to be a base on which to build a government. ... That task was to be left to individual state constitutions. Sullivan also writes that the Constitution was written as a whole document. ... This would change if they were already laid out in the constitution. ...

• Word Count: 424
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Constitution. ... The Constitution and The Founding of America. San Diego: Lucent Books inc. 2000 This was an important source to our project because this gives us important dates in the history of the constitution and the founding of America. ... The Constitution of The United States. Springfield, N.J.: Enslow Publishers inc. 1996 In the constitution of the United States, Karen Judson goes into the history of this important document which consists of a preamble seven articles and Twenty Seven Amendments. ...

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The Constitution has been used throughout our Nation's history. ... Constitution is still a relevant document. ... Constitution finds its beginning in post-revolutionary America. ... Constitution was modeled after the Virginia Plan. ... The Constitution has certainly stood up to the test of time....

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It was not easy at the start but the Constitution is still standing today. It is very hard to change the Constitution by adding or removing amendments. ... The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the Constitution. ... All my teachers always told us how important the Constitution was. ... I have learned to respect my country, the Constitution, and all the history. ...

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For some, the American Dream is to live their lives within the laws of the American Constitution. ... America is the country that holds the strongest Democratic Constitution of laws that protects the human's rights. ... (Declaration of Independence) Within the Constitution, the people are guaranteed to be able to express themselves freely, to be created equal, and especially to put faith in their own beliefs as they wish. Overall, living the American Dream is to obtain the freedom of speech, the freedom of political, and the freedom of religion that are protected by the American Constitut...

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Thomas West undoubtedly supports the constitution, it's framers, and the way it was applied to our society for the first few decades of the nations history. ... Beard wrote An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. Published in 1913, Charles Beard interpretation of the constitution is that the Constitution as adopted by the delegates meeting in independence Hall at Philadelphia in 1787 represented a triumph. Much of Beards work had been influenced by reading Edwin Seligman's the Economic Interpretation of History. ... His inquiry insisted that the constitut...

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Instead, they wrote the United States Constitution, an entirely new plan of government. ... The Federalists were supporters of the Constitution. ... They defended the Constitution as vital to the nation's survival. ... They feared the Constitution did not protect individual rights and freedoms sufficiently. ... And the rest as they say .is history. ...

• Word Count: 599
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In 1787, the most respected and well-known people of the new nation of the United States came together to resolve problems of the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles served as a written constitution for the people to put down their ideas during the years 1781 to 1789 but was plagued by numerous complications. ... These problems were found to be impossible to resolve without completely scrapping the Articles to create a whole new Constitution. ... After the writing of the Constitution, it was presented to the states for ratification. ... New Hampshire was the ninth ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate