• George Washington and James Madison were the only presidents who signed the Constitution.
• The word “democracy” does not appear once in the Constitution.
• The main reason for the meeting in Philadelphia was to revise the Articles of Confederation. However, the delegates soon concluded that it would be necessary to write an entirely new Constitution. They agreed to conduct the meetings in secret by stationing guards at the door to the Pennsylvania state house.
• When it came time for the states to ratify the Constitution, the lack of a bill of rights was the primary sticking point.
• As evidence of its continued flexibility, the Constitution has only been changed seventeen times since 1791!
• The Constitution was “penned” by Jacob Shallus, A Pennsylvania General Assembly clerk, for $30 ($1,027 today).
• Rhode Island was the only state not to send delegates to Philadelphia in 1787. At that time the state legislature was controlled by the agrarian party and was fearful a stronger central government would demand that debts be paid in specie (hard money). It was the last state to ratify the Constitution on May 29, 1790 (over a year after George Washington’s inauguration) by a vote of 34-32.
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Explore what U.S. territories are — where they’re located in the Caribbean and Pacific, which ones are permanently inhabited, and which are uninhabited regions under U.S. jurisdiction.
March 3, 2026
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MAYBE EVERY LEGAL VOTER SHOULD HAVE TO READ THE CONSTITUTION WITH A TEST AFTERWARDS TO VOTE!
I agree!
Can U Name the “Six Basic Principles” of the United States Constitution??
Approx how many words??
When was the Original 12th Amendement ratified?
The Bill of Rights initially applied to the Federal Govt. only, until the Supreme
Court, through the _____ ____________ incorporated portions to apply to the
States.
All candidates running for an elected office should read & pass a test on the US and their state Constitution, in English.
Sounds reasonable to me!
After the Revolutionary War to break us from Britain’s oppressive taxation, our government decided to TAX all whiskey making which was mostly poor mountain people trying to survive. In protest of the very damned thing they fought against, the Whisky Rebellion was born that which RICH distiller George Washington send American troops to put down. HE and Thomas Jefferson (distiller) could easily handle the tax but it devastated poor mountain distillers. A tax that exists to this day. So much for the “wonderful father of our country”.
Presidents don’t create and vote for taxes. The Congress and Senate do. Everyone, both for and against the tax was represented.
every aspect of government AND society has been turned against the legal citizens of all races, creeds, nationalities and colors. education should not be controlled by government. freedom of all choices and all other freedoms provided to legal citizens by the Constitutional should not be diminished to any extent, and certainly not by care of any and all non-legal citizens.