U.S. Constitution
The US constitution was written in 1787 after 13 former British colonies had declared independence and modeled themselves into a confederation of states (1776). Individual states held almost all the power in this system and the confederation was very loosely grouped together. By 1787 this confederation was restructured again into a planned system of joint central and state government under the first written constitution. This constitution of the United States was constructed by a powerful and wealthy group of men calling themselves the "Founding Fathers" and led by George Washington. Other notable contributors were Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. The "Founding Fathers" were a group of liberals with powerful economic interests, united by the great sense of American nationalism, which emerged from the revolution and the belief that America needed to be united to enable it to exercise power in world affairs. They set about writing the first ever constitution for the governing of a nation. It was based largely upon the belief that everyone had wide ranging civil rights deriving from their fundamental right to own property. The new constitution strengthened significantly central power but installed a system of checks and balances to
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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