The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
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American History 110 The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
Purpose
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a Document to the King of England declaring their intentions to sever all political ties with England. It was addressed to the supreme Judge of the World Court; basically it was a petition to the world to be recognized as a legitimate government. The Colonist had final had enough of the English King and his oppression, they got together and formed a Continental Congress to come up with a plan. They drafted the Declaration of Independence as the last desperate act of an oppressed people, addressed to the world the colonist requested that the world recognize their sovereign right to govern themselves.
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution was the document put forth by the Continental Congress to set into motion the laws of the newly formed country. The basis of all our current laws the Constitution is ideas and ideals of the new country. It set forth the provisions to have a government and how the government should be formed and the restrictions imposed upon it. The newly elected Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and drafted the United States Constitution. Once they drafted a document that they could all agree on they sent it out to the states for ratification, the criteria for adoption of the Constitution was that nine of the thirteen states had to ratify the document. Finally in 1788 the ninth state New Jersey ratified the Constitution making it the law of the land.
Ideology
The Declaration of Independence was never designed as a basis of law governing the aspiring United States. Its purpose was to announce to King George III, and the rest of the world, that this nation was intended upon its own sovereignty. The Declaration of Independence declared that the colonies felt that rule under Britton was unjust and tyrannical; stating
University of Phoenix
American History 110 The Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
Purpose
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a Document to the King of England declaring their intentions to sever all political ties with England. It was addressed to the supreme Judge of the World Court; basically it was a petition to the world to be recognized as a legitimate government. The Colonist had final had enough of the English King and his oppression, they got together and formed a Continental Congress to come up with a plan. They drafted the Declaration of Independence as the last desperate act of an oppressed people, addressed to the world the colonist requested that the world recognize their sovereign right to govern themselves.
U.S. Constitution
The U.S. Constitution was the document put forth by the Continental Congress to set into motion the laws of the newly formed country. The basis of all our current laws the Constitution is ideas and ideals of the new country. It set forth the provisions to have a government and how the government should be formed and the restrictions imposed upon it. The newly elected Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and drafted the United States Constitution. Once they drafted a document that they could all agree on they sent it out to the states for ratification, the criteria for adoption of the Constitution was that nine of the thirteen states had to ratify the document. Finally in 1788 the ninth state New Jersey ratified the Constitution making it the law of the land.
Ideology
The Declaration of Independence was never designed as a basis of law governing the aspiring United States. Its purpose was to announce to King George III, and the rest of the world, that this nation was intended upon its own sovereignty. The Declaration of Independence declared that the colonies felt that rule under Britton was unjust and tyrannical; stating
References: Federal Convention (1788). The United States Constitution. Retrieved July 6, 2004, http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution_transcript.html The National Archives (). The Charters of Freedom: The Constitution of the United States. Retrieved July 6, 2004, http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution Thomas Jefferson (1776, July 4, 1776). The Declaration of Independence. Retrieved July 6, 2004, http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html The US Constitution. Retreived 7/19/2004. www.usconstitution.net. Bernstein, R. & Rice, K. Are We To Be A Nation? New York: The Library of Congress, 1987.