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* '''Notes on formatting of the Study Guide''': | * '''Notes on formatting of the Study Guide''': | ||
** <span style="background-color:#f2f2f2">[bracketed]</span> sections have been changed by subsequent Constitutional amendment | **<span style="background-color:#f2f2f2">[bracketed]</span> sections have been changed by subsequent Constitutional amendment | ||
** i.e., original text was changed by later amendments | |||
** (parenthetical titles or notes) are not from the text of the Constitution | ** (parenthetical titles or notes) are not from the text of the Constitution | ||
** hover over '''{{#tip-text: underlined/ bolded words|explanations and definitions will show in these hover boxes}}''' | ** hover over '''{{#tip-text: underlined/ bolded words|explanations and definitions will show in these hover boxes}}''' for explanations and definitions | ||
** scroll your browser up/ down if the hover box text is cut off, which depends on your browser position on the page | ** scroll your browser up/ down if the hover box text is cut off, which depends on your browser position on the page | ||
** the Constitution's '''{{#tip-text:Article, Section & Amendment headings|the Constitution's "Article", "Section" and "Amendment" headings in the table of contents will include "hover" and parenthetical information about their purposes (parenthetical information here is not in the original text)}}''' "Article", "Section" and "Amendment" headings in the table of contents will also include "hover" and parenthetical information about their purposes | ** the Constitution's '''{{#tip-text:Article, Section & Amendment headings|the Constitution's "Article", "Section" and "Amendment" headings in the table of contents will include "hover" and parenthetical information about their purposes (parenthetical information here is not in the original text)}}''' "Article", "Section" and "Amendment" headings in the table of contents will also include "hover" and parenthetical information about their purposes | ||
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* <big>The following is the text of the '''{{#tip-text: Constitution|a constitution = | * <big>The following is the text of the '''{{#tip-text: Constitution|a constitution = | ||
- fundamental law | |||
- sets the underlying rules and structures for a government or organization | |||
- in the United States it is the supreme law of the land | |||
- the United States Constitution is the oldest and shortest written constitution in the world. | |||
- the purpose of the U.S. Constitution was to structure a new government and to set the extents (powers) and limits of it | |||
- the Constitution has been amended 27 times, with the first ten amendments being known as the "Bill of Rights" | |||
- 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. | |||
- the new government it formed was opened on March 4, 1789}}''' of the United States</big> | |||
* Articles I through VII are the original Constitution as adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 on '''{{#tip-text:September 15, 1787|known as "Constitution Day"}}''' | * Articles I through VII are the original Constitution as adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 on '''{{#tip-text:September 15, 1787|known as "Constitution Day"}}''' | ||
* the '''{{#tip-text:Congress of the Confederation|the Congress and national government as operating under the authority of the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" | * the '''{{#tip-text:Congress of the Confederation|the Congress and national government as operating under the authority of the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" | ||
- considered, the third Continental Congress, the Congress of Confederation was adopted following the end of hostilities in the Revolutionary War in 1781}}''' submitted the proposed Constitution to the states for "ratification" by the states | |||
* as per "Article 7.", upon ratification by the ninth state, the Constitution was to go into effect | * as per "Article 7.", upon ratification by the ninth state, the Constitution was to go into effect | ||
* New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it on June 21, 1788 | |||
* Delaware was the first state to ratify it, on December 7, 1878 | |||
* The Congress of the Confederation certified the new Constitution's ratification on September 13, 1788 | |||
* the new Congress first "convened" (officially met) on March 4, 1789 | |||
* George Washington became the first President on April 30, 1789 | |||
* Amendments 1-10, known as the "Bill of Rights", were transmitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789 | * Amendments 1-10, known as the "Bill of Rights", were transmitted to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789 | ||
** were adopted, by prior arrangement during the ratification period, on | ** were adopted, by prior arrangement during the ratification period, on | ||