What is a true statement about the US Constitution?

Answer 1

George Washington is not mentioned in the text of the US Constitution, however he was President of the Constitutional Convention, and a signatory to the document. George Washington became President of the United States by election a year after the constitution was ratified.

The oldest constitution still in use is the Constitution of San Marino established in 1600; nearly two centuries before the US constitution.

The US Constitution was inspired in part by the Magna Carta, but is very different in format and detail.

Thomas Jefferson was not a delegate to the Constitutional Convention which wrote the US Constitution; at the time he was the US Ambassador to France so had no part in writing that document..

Answer 2

The US Constitution was constructed in a manner which displayed the Framers suspicions about politicians seeking an increasing level of power. Monarchies and mixed monarchies as in Great Britain, the Framers wished to avoid. By creating the so-called balance of powers in a three part central government would make it more difficult for an oligarchy to gain power. The fact is, and a fact based based on a true vision of the world, was that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Framers believed that individuals had a built in lust for power. The Federal government they created made it difficult to create radical changes. There would be "no Napoleon's of any Caesar's from their plan.