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• The Constitution was made in May 14,1787.
• The Preamble was established in 1789.
• did you that the last person to sign the constitution was signed 5 years after it was created.
• these were the first 13 colonies Connecticut/Delaware/Georgia/Maryland/Massachusetts/New Hampshire/New Jersey/New York/ North Carolina/Pennsylvania/Rhode Island/South Carolina/Virginia.
• the constitution has 26 articles
• Amendments to the Constitution
•  constitution: Amendment I
•    Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
•    prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
•    speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
•    assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
•    constitution: Amendment II
•    A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
•    the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
•    constitution: Amendment III
•    No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without
•    the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
•    prescribed by law.
•    constitution: Amendment IV
•    The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
•    and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
•    violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause,
•    supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place
•    to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
•    constitution: Amendment V
•    No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
•    crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in
•    cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual
•    service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject
•    for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor
•    shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,
•    nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of
•    law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just
•    compensation.
•    constitution: Amendment VI
•    In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
•    speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district
•    wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have
•    been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature
•    and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses
•    against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his
•    favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
•    constitution: Amendment VII
•    In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
•    twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact
•    tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United
•    States, than according to the rules of the common law.
•    constitution: Amendment VIII
•    Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor
•    cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
•    constitution: Amendment IX
•    The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
•    construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
•    constitution: Amendment X
•    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
•    prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
•    or to the people.