Reflecting on Americans First Constitution: Origins and Impact

This essay provides a reflective overview of the first American Constitution adopted after the United States gained independence from British rule. It details the historical context, explaining how the constitution emerged to govern the newly sovereign nation, replacing the British constitution. The essay includes the URL and image of the Constitution. It highlights the constitution's aim to promote general welfare, justice, and internal tranquility among the states. Furthermore, the essay discusses how the constitution influences contemporary American culture, citing examples such as the legalization of homosexuality during Obama's presidency. The author concludes by emphasizing the constitution's role as the supreme law of the land and its ongoing evolution through amendments to meet the changing needs and interests of American citizens, with references to scholarly articles supporting the analysis.

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Introduction
The United States of America was under the colony of the British before 1776 and
therefore, this made them be under the constitution and administration of the British colony.
After the liberation which let us acquire our independence and self-rule on 4th July 1776, we
adopted our new constitution which explained how the United States of America will rule and
government itself. In this reflective assignment, I will focus on describing this United States of
America Constitution, providing its image and URL, explain its origin and context and elaborate
how this constitution links with contemporary issues and how it influence patterns of culture.
Americans first constitution
This is the constitution that Americans adopted after independence in order to help and
guide them in the running and administration of the government and people at large. During the
colonization period by the British, Americans were under the government and constitution of the
British people and therefore, they could not enjoy full freedom, rights, and liberty at their land.
This first constitution has experienced many amendments and changes in order to suit Americans
more effectively in terms of human rights, freedoms, justices among others (Adams 2017).
URL and image of American first Constitution
https://www.archives.gov/files/founding-docs/constitution_1_of_4_630.jpg

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Origin and context of Americans first constitution
American first constitution came into existence after we attained independence on 4th
July 1776. Before then, the United States of America embraced and used the constitution of its
colonizer the British government. In the process of liberations for our independence, Americans
drafted a constitution that will be used after they have attained the independence because any
State to be termed and recognized to be sovereign, it must have a constitution that governs the
operations of the government. After the independence, United States adopted their first
constitution which was aimed at promoting the general welfare, justice, perfect union, secure
internal tranquility among others benefits (Blassingame 2015). This constitution was to be used
united several States each with different cultures, laws, and interests. This constitution gets
powers to the people among these several States in America. It was only used by the American

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States. In its subsequent years, several amendments have been done to make it more responsive
to the needs and interests of its citizens (Jensen 2016).
Influence of Americans first constitution to contemporary culture
It is the constitution which guides the government on what to be done where, how, when
and by who. As a result of this, this constitution provides the basic culture in America. It
constitutes and allows culture to be practiced. For example, just during the Obama's tenure,
homosexuality was legalized in the Constitution (Dworkin 2018). It is the only constitution
which is the sovereign law of the land and therefore, it influences patterns of cultures in
America.
Conclusion
In conclusion, therefore, American first Constitution is one of the documents found in our
national archives. It came into existence after we attained independence on July 4th, 1776. This
document as provided in the image above controls and influences the culture and contemporary
issues within United. Of late Americans have amended it to be more considerate to citizen's
needs and interests.

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References
Adams, W. P. (2017). The first American constitutions: republican ideology and the making of
the state constitutions in the revolutionary era. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Blassingame, J. W. (2015). The slave community: Plantation life in the antebellum South (p.
315194200210). New York: Oxford University Press.
Dworkin, R. (2018). Freedom's law: the moral reading of the American Constitution. OUP
Oxford.
Jensen, M. (2016). The making of the American Constitution (Vol. 75). Van Nostrand.