THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES: FAST FACTS
1. The U. S Constitution was written in the same Pennsylvania State House where the Declaration of Independence was signed and where George Washington received his commission as Commander of the Continental Army. Now called Independence Hall, the building still stands today on Independence Mall in Philadelphia, directly across from the National Constitution Center.2. The U.S. Constitution was prepared in secret, behind locked doors that were guarded by sentries.
3. Some of the original framers and many delegates in the state ratifying conventions were very troubled that the original Constitution lacked a description of individual rights. In 1791, Americans added a list of rights to the Constitution. The first ten amendments became known as The Bill of Rights.
4. Of the 55 delegates attending the Constitutional Convention, 39 signed and 3 delegates dissented. Two of America’s Founding Fathers didn’t sign the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson was representing his country in France and John Adams was doing the same in Great Britain. 5. Established on November 26, 1789, the first national “Thanksgiving Day” was originally created by George Washington as a way of “giving thanks” for the Constitution.
6. Of the written national constitutions, the U.S. Constitution is the oldest and shortest.
7. At 81, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention and at 26, Jonathon Dayton of New Jersey was the youngest.
8. The original Constitution is on display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, it was moved to Fort Knox for safekeeping.
9. More than 11,000 amendments have been introduced in Congress. 33 have gone to the states to be ratified and 27 have received the necessary approval from the states to actually become amendments to the Constitution.
Here is the link to your Crash Course video.
This link will take you to the "Interactive Constitution" website which will help you do your Scavenger Hunt worksheet.
First, watch this video (4.32) for a little review.
Then, view this four minute video about the Constitution.
Comment on the blog: The first video presented many facts. Tell us one fact that has not already been shared. The second video was about the Constitution. What do you think is confusing or interesting about our Constitution as you begin to learn about it?
Video 1
ReplyDeleteIn May 1787, all the states except for Rhode Island, sent their delegates to the Constitutional Convention to introduce a new national constitution. The convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Video 2
I found it interesting that when the new constitution was adopted, the founding fathers listed the Legislative Branch first in the constitution. A lot of people believed it was listed first because it was the most important. This makes sense to me since this is the branch where laws are made and people are voted in to represent their constitutes.
In Video 1
ReplyDeleteThe Bill of Rights was not even published until 3 years later. the 13 colonies worked together for provitional government called the Contenential Congress
In Video 2
it was about the three branches. I found them all interesting. The Legislative branch has 100 senators ansd 435 Represenatives. The executive branch employes over 4 million people to help out. The Judicial Branch is a neutral branch, with only 9 people in the Supreme court. All three of these branches are very important for our goverment
The fact I found in the first video was, the main supporters of the Constitution, before the Bill of Rights, were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay and that they wrote 85 essays, called the Federalist Papers.
ReplyDeleteI thought the most interesting thing in the constitution was that supreme court judges serve for as long as they want unlike the other two branches. I also liked the thing about how one branch cannot become more powerful then the others because of the way they set up the three branches.
Video 1- The Bill of Rights was ratified on December 15, 1791.
ReplyDeleteVideo 2- I found it interesting that the executive branch employs over 4 million people to get all the work done.
Video 1- The federalists opponents accused them of despotism(wanting to maintain absolute power).
ReplyDeleteVideo 2- I didn't know there are nine justices on the supreme court.
Video 1 - I did not know that the congress its first congress of the united states meeting at the federal hall in New York on 1787.
ReplyDeleteVideo 2 - I actually did to know that there was such a thing a a federalist papers.
First video: Massachusetts and many other states would only ratify the constitution if they were able to have their own Amendments considered for addition.
ReplyDeleteSecond video: The whole "cabinet" part of the executive branch confuses me.
First video- Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut were the first states to ratify the constitution.
ReplyDeleteSecond video- I find the list of what the legislative branch has the power to do confusing. It has many powers over many different subjects and is generally just confusing to me.
First video- they didn't talk much about the articles of confederation,which was why the men were gathering to make the constitution in the first place!
ReplyDeleteSecond video-I find it very interesting learning about the amendments that have been made and how different the government was before the amendments were made.
On the crash course video it said there were 28 amendments that were ratified. I looked it up because you had said 27 and google said 27. Which one is true?
ReplyDeleteI think its 27 because i had the same problem
Deletethat rhode island did not join, i also think its confusing because the power has to monitored nobody can have to much power.
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