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2007-04-21 08:25:26 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Homework Help

i mean the introduction to the constitution. 10 points to best answer

2007-04-21 08:28:17 · update #1

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The introduction relies heavily on the philosophical and political ideas of the Enlightenment period of 18th century Europe, including the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and, most particularly, John Locke. Locke believed that humans, by nature, had the right to protection of life, health, liberty and possessions. Jefferson altered this slightly when he claims the unalienable rights include "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Locke also strongly opposed the divine right of kings--which held that kings held absolute power because they were placed on their throne by God--and insisted that the people had the right to consent to their government and that the power of law making resides with the people. Jefferson included this theory when he writes "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." Jefferson's declaration helped to put Locke's philosophies into the realm of real-world politics. Many revolutions that occurred after the American Revolution cited Jefferson's Declaration of Independence as justification in overthrowing a corrupt and dictatorial power.

http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/declaration/section1.html

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=ytff4-msgff&p=he%20introduction%20to%20the%20preamble.

2007-04-21 09:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Preamble to the Constitution is intended to clarify its objectives. What it says essentially is that the founders are attempting to establish a more harmonious relationship among the various states and to create an environment of freedom conducive to the promotion and defense of those ends for both themselves and for the generations to come after them. It reads:

"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, 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."

All of the unusual capitalizations and spellings found here are in the original document, and thus must be preserved as written.

2007-04-21 09:57:18 · answer #2 · answered by MathBioMajor 7 · 0 0

Preamble is to constitution what introduction is to book. The preamble states the purpose of the constitution.

2007-04-21 08:51:34 · answer #3 · answered by Denise T 5 · 0 0

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