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THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

THE MAKING OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION

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The American Constitutional Conference

THE MAKING OF THE AMERECAN CONSTITUTION Religious Reform Magna Colonist in the New world LEGISLATIVE Senate headed by Vice-President ta(1215) ommon law (Self-governing) (congress)I House of Representatives (udge-made law) (1620) Articles of Confederation(1777) Law statutes BRITISH President appoints chief justice HERITAGE Continental Congress EXECUTIVE with consent/advice of Senate Virginia(1607) Constitutional Convention (primitive form of (May,1787) Set the confederation) New England power JUDICIALChief Justice Supreme Court tritan/ May COLONIA 5U9 CONSITUTION (1789) HERITAGE overman flower Compact) timeless words (spirits of industrial Maryland self-reliance for living principles country (Catholic/freedom later economic development) by 3 ill of Rights(1791) branches Pennsylvania (Quaker/church Amendment 21st(1933) relation with (repeal of Prohibition of 5 principles at the heart government) alcoholic beverage) INTELLECTUALS HERITAGE that living Constitution religious Amendment 26th(1971) reformation ideological introduction of(all citizens of 18 years or Rule of law away fror intellectuals lder have right to vote) Republicanism Mid-Age (philosophers+ politic ians) Separation of powers church rules so Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Amendment 27th(1992) as to break the.- John Locke(1632-1704) Check balance (no law shall take effect tie: with the Charles de montesquieu National Supremacy on the compensation of secondary God -.(1689-1755) house service (Article Vi) the church) Jean- Jacque Rousseau or compensation of service (1712-1778) need afre sh

CONSITUTION (1789) timeless words & living principles ** Constitutional Convention (May, 1787) Continental Congress (1774~89) Articles of Confederation (1777) Colonist in the New World (Self-governing) Religious Reform * Mayflower Compact (1620) •Magna Carta (1215) Bill of Rights (1791) Amendment 21st (1933) (repeal of Prohibition of alcoholic beverage) Amendment 26th (1971) (all citizens of 18 years or older have right to vote) Amendment 27th (1992) (no law shall take effect on the compensation of house service or compensation of service need a fresh election) Root of Constitution •Common law (judge-made law) •Law statutes BRITISH HERITAGE •Virginia (1607) * (primitive form of confederation) •New England * (Puritan/ May￾flower Compact) •Maryland * (Catholic/freedom of worship) •Pennsylvania * (Quaker/church relation with government) COLONIAL HERITAGE (spirits of industrial self-reliance for later economic development) INTELLECTUALS HERITAGE •religious reformation (away from Mid-Age church rules so as to break the tie with the secondary God - - the church) •ideological introduction of intellectuals (philosophers + politicians) Thomas Hobbes (1588~1679) * John Locke (1632~1704) * Charles de Moutesquieu * (1689~1755) Jean-Jacque Rousseau * (1712~1778) Set the power of governing the country by 3 branches LEGISLATIVE (congress) Senate headed by Vice-President House of Representatives EXECUTIVE President appoints chief justice with consent/advice of Senate JUDICIAL Chief Justice Supreme Court 5 principles at the heart of that living Constitution •Rule of law •Republicanism •Separation of powers •Check & balance •National Supremacy (Article VI) * THE MAKING OF THE AMERECAN CONSTITUTION

National motto of the united states In God We Trust The phrase derives from the line"And this be our motto, ' In God is our trust in the battle song that later became the U.S. national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864 and became obligatory on all U.S. currency in 1955. In 1956 it was made the national motto by act of Congress

The phrase derives from the line “And this be our motto, 'In God is our trust,'“ in the battle song that later became the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”* The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864 and became obligatory on all U.S. currency in 1955. In 1956 it was made the national motto by act of Congress. In God We Trust National Motto of the United States

The United States seal is CENT OF THE the official seal of the U.S. government. The dominant figure is the American Eagle shown vith its wings spread The eagle carries in its beak a scroll on which appears the Latin motto E pluribus unum( From many, one ).E pluribus unum is the United States motto, appearing 革革举举筝乍等举举辱 on the nation's coins and paper money, and on many of its publ Encarta Encyclopedia, C L. Chrysin/ The Image Bank monuments

The United States Seal is the official seal of the U.S. government. The dominant figure is the American Eagle shown with its wings spread. The eagle carries in its beak a scroll on which appears the Latin motto E pluribus unum (“From many, one”). E pluribus unum is the United States motto, appearing on the nation's coins and paper money, and on many of its public monuments

BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT The Legislature can The Executive can The Judiciary can Make laws legislation Review Recommend legislative legislati acts E63 Confirm appointments (Senate) Review Override Enforce laws executive Issue injunctions (2/presented) Impeach Grant Pardons Interpret Laws

The Legislature can: The Executive can: The Judiciary can: Power of government legislative Judicial •Make laws •Confirm executive appointments (Senate) •Override executive veto (2/3presented) Executive •Impeach •Veto legislation •Recommend legislation •Enforce laws •Grant Pardons •Review legislative acts •Review executive acts •Issue injunctions •Interpret Laws * BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT

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