The document provides an overview of the US Constitution, including: - Who wrote it (the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention) - What led to its creation (problems under the Articles of Confederation like economic troubles) - When and where it was written (1787 in Philadelphia) - Its goals of forming a more perfect union and promoting general welfare - Improvements like separating powers among three branches and checks and balances - Relevance today of protecting rights and maintaining limitations on governmental power

1. Who? What? When? Where? And Why?The ConstitutionOur Country’s FoundationIn this presentation you will see the Who’s What’s When’s Where’s and Why’s of the Constitution. You will also see my thoughts and more.By: Monique Cooper

2. Monique Cooper What is The Constitution?The Constitution is defined as a plan that set forth the structure and power of a government but how does this break down in a way we can understand?Popular Sovereignty-people establish the government and are the source of it’s power

3. Limited Government-the government’s powers are restricted to protect the people’s individual rights

4. Checks and Balances- governing power is separated into the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches to prevent the focus and abuse of governing power by one branch

5. Judicial Review- this gives the judicial branch the power to strike down laws and other government actions as unconstitutional

6. Federalism- this is giving the right of protection by way of dividing powers between the national government and the state government to the state governmentMonique Cooper Who Wrote The Constitution?The Constitute was written by men that we know and refer to as the Framers. The Framers were the 55 delegates of the Constitutional Convention who wrote and developed the “framework” for the government and wrote the Constitution.

7. Monique Cooper What Led to Its Creation?The Continental Congress had written the Articles of Confederation but they had left a lot of things out for fear of ending up with another leader who had too much power. So they left out the law saying that the government could tax without their consent. This led to a national economic depression. Land was taken from farmers and they revolted.

8. All these things led to Congress deciding it was necessary to make a change so they met and wrote the Constitution.Monique Cooper What Limits Does Our Constitution Have?The Bill of Rights ~The Bill Of Rights was accumulatively asked by multiple states during various conventions as they adopted the constitution one by one. They expressed a desire to prevent abuse of it’s powers and therefore they added the Bill of Rights as a result.

9. Monique Cooper When/Where Was It Written?The constitution was written in the year 1787 right after the Revolutionary War.

10. It was written at the Constitutional Convention that was held at the State House in Philadelphia which also happened to be the same place that the Declaration of Independence.Monique Cooper Goals of The Constitution…Form a More Perfect Union- strengthen all the different relationships between states and government and between states and states

11. Establish Justice- provide reasonable laws that are fair, unbiased (impartial) and also make the administration or the people facilitating on behalf of the law are also fair, unbiased, and reasonable

12. Ensure Domestic Tranquility- this is to keep peace and order within the countryMonique Cooper Goals Continued…Provide For The Common Defense- this is the goal that states that we are to defend the nation and its inhabitants against foreign enemies