Argumentative Essay On The Us Constitution

The US Constitution established America’s government, laws, and essential rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. “The Bill of Rights consisting of 10 amendments guaranteeing intrinsic individual protections such as freedom of speech and religion became part of the Constitution in 1791. To date, there have been a total of 27 constitutional amendments.” (History.com) The Articles of Confederation stood as the nation’s first constitution. It was released on November 15, 1777, but was not in effect yet. First, the Articles had to be ratified by all thirteen states at the time, which did not occur until four years later on March 1, 1781. “America’s first constitution,
The purpose of this meeting was to address the issues found in the already existing congress that governed under the guidelines of the Articles of Confederation. Some very important men that were present at the Convention include James Madison from Virginia, Alexander Hamilton from New York, Samuel Adams from Massachusetts, and Benjamin Franklin from Pennsylvania. One of the issues addressed at the convention was between small and big states and their representation. Obviously, the bigger states wanted representation to be based off of population since they had more people. The smaller states felt that this was unfair and wanted equal representation even though their populations were much smaller. These two differing opinions were called the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. At the convention, all of the delegates reached the decision to go with a plan called the Connecticut Compromise, which set up a bicameral legislature and gave each state two
One of the most memorable was on December 6, 1865. This was the day that the thirteenth amendment was ratified in the Constitution. The thirteenth amendment abolished all slavery in the United States of America. This was the most memorable of any of the amendments made and is remembered in history because it helped to form the U.S. into the melting pot that it is today allowing the same liberties and rights to all Americans. Another memorable amendment is the twenty-first amendment. This amendment actually stands as a repeal. It repealed the eighteenth amendment, which mandated a nationwide prohibition and banned alcohol in the