Significance Of The Preamble To The Constitution

A True Testament of Time, The Preamble to the Constitution The succinct, memorable, and iconic legal document, the Preamble to the Constitution, is a true testament to the American style of writing and is an instantly recognizable piece of literature when the first three words are heard. The document, written by many members of early American politics such as Gouverneur Morris, a founding father, an American statesman, and an acclaimed diplomat and senator, aided heavily on the considerable impact the Constitution had on not just the nation, but the world. Senator Morris’s work on projects such as the 1777 Articles of Confederation, what some consider to be the “original” constitution of America, was what helped make positive progress in early
Citizens rallied behind documents such as the 1777 Articles of Confederation or the Constitution to the United States of America written by of our founding fathers because they believed in the principles the documents stood for while having a firm confidence in its positive impacts on their own individual lives to separate from a harsh British Monarchy and to create a constitution of government aimed towards forming a distinct nation. Furthermore, the 1787 Constitution created ten years after the Articles of Confederation by the founding fathers established the foundational principles and fundamental laws that would guarantee basic rights to citizens of the United States, as well as to unite the collective group of people. Historically, the Preamble pushed the belief that a union has the potential to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United states of America”. The first 3 words promote unity
Famous documents such as the Declaration of Independence, Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural address, or the Bill of Rights may have dim futures ahead of them. Some of these documents may not need to be taught or explored with depth in English 11 classrooms, but rather Social Studies classes. However, the Preamble to the Constitution is not a document that needs to be removed from the English 11 curriculum because of the antique yet alluring language within the text. According to Samantha Sutphin’s class syllabus, an English teacher at Mountain Range High School, the course description of English 11 American Literature is to “focus on the development of literary theme and structure across the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries in the United States in order for students to understand the thematic progression of American literature” meaning students must be able to learn and understand 18th century documents to understand the evolution of American writing through several centuries after. It is always important to understand history, and there is no better way than understanding a time period through literary analysis of documents from that time period, especially legally impactful documents. For instance, legal texts such as the Constitution of 1787, the Monroe Doctrines of 1823, or Martin Luther’s “I Have a Dream