Summary Of The Preamble To The Constitution

The Preamble to our constitution summarizes the founder lofty goals for America. The idealism embodied in the Preamble is both inspiring and touching. In reading one should reflect on the dream of America and the constitution's role in molding and protecting that entirely new image of a nation. That we continue to be guided, more than 220 years later, by those rather few words is testimony to the brilliance and wisdom of its creators and to our determination to build a free, democratic, just society. Our constitution is a remarkable document, so powerful in its ideas and images that it has helped reshape the world.
You may recall the constitution grew out the Articles of Confederation as enacted by congress in 1778. The articles contemplated a “firm league of friendship,” but each state was to maintain its “sovereignty, freedom, and independence”. The Articles soon proved faulty. Seven years of war had basically bankrupted the colonies. Currency was basically
The 13 new states fought over economic resources, interstate disputes were routine, and the federal union that emerged under the articles of Confederation had little real authority. As a result effort was made to strengthen the Articles. The Constitutional Convention was called to order in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787. The decision to convene the Convention may have been the first in world history in that the state leaders themselves acknowledged that the existing federal government was faulty, the citizenry talked things over, violence was avoided, and the decision was made to go forward with the convention. In the hot Philadelphia summer, with windows and curtains closed to ensure privacy. All 55 delegates, our Founding Fathers were white males, and most of them were wealthy landowners. The delegates agreed that a stronger central government was needed but split on just how far that notion should go.