The Constitution was written in 1787. Some of the writers include James Madison, Ben Franklin, and George Washington. When the constitution was written it was a brand new country. The United States had a government that did not work very well, therefore the “framers”, or writers, met to create the constitution. The meeting they had was called “The Convention”. At the time of writing the Constitution there were only 13 states. When it was written, the writers knew that it was not perfect. They knew others would have good ideas for the Constitution, so they wanted to be sure that it wasn't too hard to make changes.
Many people didn’t want to ratify the Constitution because it didn’t have a bill of rights. The bills of rights are rights that every person has. The original Constitution did not have a bill of rights. The government cannot take these rights away. It was passed because some people were afraid that the government would have too much power. They were afraid important things would be made illegal. When the constitution was written slavery was still legal, but the north wanted to stop it, while the south refused. So the thirteenth amendment was created to make slavery illegal. Another good amendment was the nineteenth amendment which made it legal for women to vote.
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It has three branches. The first is the Legislative. The second is the Executive. The third is the Judiciary. The Legislature makes the law. The legislature is also called the Congress. It’s made up into two parts. The first is the House of Representatives, And the Senate. Executive makes sure the law is carried out. The executive includes both the president and the vice president. Last but not least is the judiciary. This includes federal courts, all the way to the Supreme Court. The judiciary interprets the law. States have their own court systems but are monitored underneath the national