An Analysis of the Constitution of U.S.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Constitution of the United States of America. It explores the history of its formation, the role of the founding fathers, the division of powers, and the importance of checks and balances. The article also discusses the Bill of Rights and the amendments that have shaped the constitution over time.

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The fundamental laws and basic rights that the Americans enjoy is because of the
constitution of the United States of America. The constitution was signed in the year 1787 in the
months of September (Hardin 51-72). It was signed by the delegates to the Constitution
Convention in Philadelphia. The first document that was used to govern the United States was
the Articles of Confederation (Maggs 397). This document was not strong enough and under it
the different states operated like separate nations. The convention that was signed in the year
1787, the delegates decided to form a stronger federal government (Page 204 of the book). At
this convention, for the first time the three separate functions of the government was formed,
these include the executive, legislative and judicial functions. This division was made to make
sure that no wing of the government was over-burdened with work. Along with the division of
the three branches of the government, the system of checks and b lances was also developed in
the same convention (Andrias 419). In the year 1791, after going through 10 amendments, the
Bill of Rights was also formed. This bill safe guarded some of the basic rights that the Americans
should enjoy. This bill included the protection rights and freedoms such as freedom of religion
and speech. Till today the constitution of America have had 27 amendments (Albert 217).
The main founding fathers of the American constitution are John Adams, James Monroe,
Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and George
Washington (Green). They formation of the constitution stemmed from the belief that the
government needed to build its strength and the working of the government has to be well-
defined as was put forward in the Articles of Confederation. The majority of the constitution
deals with the functions of the various parts of the government and the role that each of these
parts play. The checks and balance were developed so that no wing of the government gets more
powerful resulting in the curbing of the voice and power of the people. The basic idea behind the

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creation of the constitution was to make sure that the country is taken over by a tyrannical leader.
The constitution was also needed so that the details about the economic policies and the
government taxes had to be stated in clearer terms so that the country had enough finances to
operate. The constitution of the United States describes in details the ways in which the
government clears all the debt it owes. The constitution of the United States defines the various
taxes that guard against that taxation without representation, this was important for the founding
fathers because they experienced such a system in England. The basic freedom that is enjoyed by
the people of America is because of the constitution which guards the basic rights and freedoms
of the citizens (Balkin 113 ). One of the main reasons why the constitution was created was
because of the fact that the founding fathers realized that whenever a single ruler assumes all the
power that the state has to offer, then the person becomes corrupt with power. Their main desire
was to establish a proper framework for the functioning of the government by taking into
account the basic human nature which craves power but after getting it becomes corrupt with it.
After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the United States had a self-rule
(Gerber 1). The various colonies became the United States of America. After the declaration was
signed, the country had no national government. A committee was appointed by the members of
the continental congress to write the first constitution of the nation. This was the most difficult
task because each nation had their own interest and ideas. Each of them wanted separate things
and to unite everyone and write a constitution was not something that could have been done
overnight. There were two major problems that the committee had faced, the first one was that if
the national government had wielded an immeasurable amount of power, it would not benefit the
nation and it would turn the country into a despots rule (Curtis and Ticknor). The second
problem was that if the individual states wielded a lot of power than it would harm the welfare of

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the states (Curtis and Ticknor). In the light of this dichotomy, the committee created a
constitution which made the states stronger and the center weaker. This was created in the
Article of Confederation. The problem that they were trying to solve was that there needed to be
an equal amount power that had to be distributed between the Centre and the states. The United
States of America is formed by the amalgamation of many nations, it is a not a single big
country, these states decided to get into this union, so that all of them fulfill certain responsibility
and they had a shared goal, which they had to fulfill and because of that they joined the union.
Their decision was voluntary and they did it to safe guard their own rights. The constitution
therefore had to include the wishes of all the nations, so that they stick to the union and fulfill
their responsibilities. The constitution also had to make sure that neither the central governments
nor the state governments became too powerful, in that case the rights and freedoms of the
people might be in jeopardy. This had to be avoided and well balanced constitution had to be
built. However, that did not happen, the Confederation of Articles gave more power to the states.
After 27 amendments, currently the constitution of the U.S. is well stabilized.
This essay concludes that the founding fathers of the constitution tried to make a
constitution which would pay respect to the wishes and desires of all the government. The first
written directive of a constitution bestowed more power to the states and less to the central
governments. This was a problem for the United States; hence the constitution went through 27
amendments to find a specific balance between the center and the state.

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