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-== Original Constitution <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"; div-style="inline-block";>
-constitution
-= fundamental law; in the United States: the supreme law of the land
-= sets the underlying rules and structures for a government or organization
-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.
-</div> as adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ==
+==Original Constitution ==
+* The '''constitution''' <div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"; div style="background-color:#f2f2f2";>a "'''constitution'''"<br>* = fundamental law<br>* in the United States it is the supreme law of the land<br>* = sets the underlying rules and structures for a government or organization <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.</div> as adopted by the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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 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.
 == Article I ==