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What is the United States Constitution of the United States? 

The Constitution tells you the basic laws and rights of 

people. It was signed on September 17, 1787. 

There are seven articles and twenty seven 

amendments that make up the Constitution. The 

Articles explain the different parts of the 

Constitution. The Amendments are basic rights of 

the people of the United States. 

The Preamble of the Constitution introduces the 

origin (where it was wrote), and the purpose. "We, 

the people of the United States" is the first line of 

the Preamble. The purpose of the Constitution was 

to form a better country and secure the rights of 

the people who lived there. 

The second part of the Constitution is called the 

Articles of Confederation, which was the first 

governing document of the United States. Under 

the Articles of Confederation the United States was 

weak and the states operated as if they were all 

their own country. 

The third part of the Constitution is called the Bill 

of Rights which gives people certain freedoms and 

rights that puts limits on what the government can 

control. There are ten amendments in the Bill of 

rights. 

On May 25 1787 the Constitutional Convention 

opened in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania State 

House. There were 55 people there to represent 

the 13 states, except for Rhode Island. 

At age 81 Benjamin Franklin was the oldest at the 

convention. Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, 

John Adams, John Hancock and Patrick Henry were 

all absent from the convention. Patrick Henry was 

invited but he did not go because he did not want 

to give the government more power than they had.

After a long discussion that took place in the 

summer of 1787 the three branches of the 

government were created. These branches are the 

Executive, Legislative and Judicial.

The Legislative branch makes the laws of the 

United States. This branch is split into two parts 

which are the Senate and House of 

Representatives. Each state has two Senators that 

serve a six year term. The House of 

Representatives has 435 people. The number of 

Representatives for a state depends on how many 

people live in that state.    

The Executive branch enforce the laws. This branch 

is split into three parts. The President, Vice 

President and Cabinet Members. The President is 

the boss of the United States, Vice President 

supports the President, and the Cabinet Members 

are chosen by the President and must be approved 

by the Senate.    

The Judicial branch evaluates the laws. The court 

system is what makes up this branch. The 

Supreme Court is the highest court in the country. 

9 judges are chosen by the President and must be 

approved by the Senate.  

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