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{{#tip-text: constitution| t<br>* = fundamental law<br>* = sets the underlying rules and structures for a government or organization<br>* in the United States it is the supreme law of the land<br>* the United States Constitution is the oldest and shortest written constitution in the world. <br>* the purpose of the U.S. Constitution was to structure a new government and to set the extents (powers) and limits of it.<br>* the Constitution has been amended 27 times, with the first ten amendments being known as the "Bill of Rights"<br> * the U.S. Constitution was adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and went into effect once it was ratified by nine of the thirteen original states.<br>* the new government it formed was opened on March 4, 1789.}} | |||
==Original Constitution == | ==Original Constitution == | ||