why was the constitution born?

Question

its regarding the american revolution and about the u.s. constitution

Answer 1

because they didnt allow abortions.....

Answer 2

At the time, each state was ruled under it's own law. There was a desire to "unite" the states, to make one strong country, each state having a common government, yet retain a certain amount of autonomy. The constitution was written as a sort of contract which would outline how the government would work, and define the power it had over the people it governed. Each state would then vote on (or ratify) this agreement. Some state leaders felt it necessary to define the LIMITATIONS of government regarding personal freedoms. Hence, the Bill of Rights was written, which are the first ten ammendments to the constitution. With these ammendments, the constitution was ratified.

It is worth noting that each state also has its own constitiution. Each state constitutions can give MORE personal freedoms to the people of that state but cannot provide LESS freedom garenteed under the U.S. Constitution. Pennsylvania is one such state which is generally thought of to have given it's people more freedom under the State constitution than under the Federal constitution. At least in some respects.

Answer 3

The Constitution outlines the second form of government the United States has had since it began. The Articles of Confederation came first. This document was a failure in all ways, EXCEPT that it helped solve disputes about who would receive land in the western part of the U.S. It also helped people realize that a stronger government was needed.

When America gained its independence, the Articles of Confederation set up such a weak government, that there was basically no government at all. People feared another monarchy like there was in England, so they tried to give all of the power to the power, or to the state. This took all or most power away from the national government. The government couldn't tax, which caused problems between states who would tax each other instead during trade. There was no army because the government was far too broke to create and maintain one. Bacon's Rebellion is the MAIN reason that the Constitution was adopted. Colonists again broke the laws, and got rid of the Articles of Confederation instead of just fixing them. They made it so that only 9 out of 13 colonies had to ratify it in order to make it effective. The three remaining colonies joined because they knew they couldn't make it if they weren't part of the United States. (Pennsylvania ratified it by having their members literally dragged from a bar and forced to sit in a hall where they were out-numbered by people who were FOR the Constitution, then a vote was taken. Funny story, actually!) New states would have to agree to it before joining the United States of America.

In short: The Constitution was created because people (rich, land owning citizens) realized they needed a strong, centralized government to protect them from more peasant uprisings like Bacon's Rebellion.

Answer 4

The constitution wasn't born. It was created.

The only relationship of the Revolution to the constitution, is that the Revolution created a country without a governing body, which then found itself in need of a constitutionwhich clearly layed out the guidelines for the process by which the people would be governed without a king. The declaration of Independence created a new country founded on the principle of equality of all people (of course when the framers of the constitution said that, they didn't actuall mean all people).

Answer 5

The idea of a writen constitution (lower case 'c') originates with the Magna Carta (Some might argue that a written body of law originates with the Code of Hamarabi), but didn't really take form until the Mayflower Compact. A constitution is a document of voluntary organization that becomes binding on its signatories and those they govern.

In this sense, the revolution was fought because the Colonists believed that the English Parliament had usurped legislative rights in violation of the English "constitution" or the set of historical and legal documents that made up the Brittish Common Law. Parliament had enacted taxes, quartering and other laws that imposed duties on the Colonies without the consent of the Colonies, as listed in Jefferson's Declaration of Independance.

Each colony had a charter or constitution prior to the Revolution, and around the same time as the Declaration of Independance, most of them undertook the task of rewriting their constitutions. John Adams wrote the Massachusetts Constitution almost singlehandedly. Following the signing of the Declaration of Independance, the 13 states, through the Continental Congress, adopted "Articles of Confederation" that attempted to establish the legal and governmental relationships between the individual states.

In practice, the Articles of Confederation were inadequate,and a convention was called to revise and amend that document. Benjamin Franklin nominated George Washington to preside over the assemblege (Those being the only two men that could have lead it.) This became The Constitutional Convention.

As the delegates met, they concluded that a stronger Federal system of national government was necessary. Instead of amending or revising the Articles of Confederation, they determined to create a wholly new document, with a new governmental structure. The only significant surviving record of the convention are the notes taken by James Madison. Most of the procedings were held in secret. Neither John Adams nor Thomas Jefferson was present.

The document produced outlined the specific powers and responsibilities of the Federal government. It established the office of President and Vice President, the Senate and the House of Representatives and the Federal Judiciary. It enshrined the right of habeus corpus, outlined who could ratify treaties, impeach Executive officers and Judges, and so on. It omited any mention of specific rights.

After they had completed their work, the framers sent the document to the individual states for ratification. Many objected to various parts of the document. A series of letters and newspaper articles written by Alexandar Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay became know as "The Federalist" and argued for ratification; a similar body of literature was published with an anti-federalist point of view. Ultimately, the states opted to conditionally ratify the document. The condition being that the document be amended to specify certain rights that could not be infringed by the Federal Government.

Under the rules set in the Constitution (capital 'C'), the first Congress of the United States of America met and drafted 12 amendments to the Constitution; and passed 10 of them, fulfilling the requirements of the conditional ratificaton of the states.

The driving need that caused the Constitution to be born was the need for a combined foreign policy for the states to deal with other nations, especially France and Great Brittian, and a need to regulate commerce and adjudicate disputes between the states. The framers themselves actually recorded their reasons for writing it in the preamble:

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, 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."

Answer 6

To define the structure and duties of government, to lay basic supreme laws, and rights of citizens.

The new United States was creating a new democratic government (unlike the Monarchy of England) and it was important to have a strong framework of government in place to help guide the nation in such ways as Legislative, Judicial and Executive powers. As well as the role of the military, commerce, state powers and on and on...

Answer 7

Constitution was written not born...
Rules to live by in the new world.

Answer 8

the U.S. Constitution was "born" so that we, as a new independent country, can find sophisticated ways to govern our new nation and show the world that we are a nation that can hold itself among other stronger nations.

Answer 9

To set up the rules of government and give the people civil rights and protection.

Answer 10

to show other countries that we are serious about our independence, so countries like france would support us