A Constitution is a document that establishes the government and serves as a guideline for that government. It lists the branches, leaders, and powers and limitations of the government. The men who wrote our Constitution were well versed in law and politics. They realized that a Constitution is a guideline for government. They developed a document that could be changed with the times. They provided for a system of government, federalism, that took into account the powers of the state with a national government that respected states' rights but also allowed for the national government to be the supreme law of the land.
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northern
50 states are in the united states
united states {of America} = états-unis {d'Amérique}
Crater Lake, Oregon
the president
thomas Jefferson
To escape persecution and poverty.
Missouri
The United staes of America, or "those &^&*^*@&^ yankees.
A nice government
45 states