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Preamble
Term | Definition |
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Preamble | An introduction or the first part of the United States Constitution |
We the people of the United States | all the people living in the country |
In order to form a more perfect union | Everyone working together to make sure things are good and well with all citizens |
Establish justice | make sure everyone is treated fairly |
Insure domestic tranquility | Make sure everyone gets along with each other and lives a decent life (peace) |
Provide for the common defense | provide an army and money needed to protect all people in the country from enemies or those wanting to cause harm |
Promote the general welfare | help to make everyone's life better by making sure everyone has food, shelter, and clothing |
And secure the blessings of liberty | to enjoy freedoms and have rights protected |
To ourselves and our posterity | all the people of the United States of American currently living and those born in the future generations |
Do ordain and establish this constitution | to write down and live by the rules and promises of the Constitution |
For the United States of America | our nation, our country (the place we live) |