Ravi Purohit 2/9/04
PUB 1250

The document I chose to write about is the United States Constitution. When the thirteen British colonies in North America declared their independence in 1776, they laid down that "governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." The "colonies" had to establish a government, which would be the framework for the United States. The purpose of a written constitution is to define and therefore more specifically limit government powers. After the Articles of Confederation failed to work in the 13 colonies, the U.S. Constitution was created in 1787.
The Constitution is important because it was expressly designed to limit powers into three co-ordinate branches, the legislative, executive, and judiciary branch; none of which was to have supremacy over the others. This separation of powers with the checks and balances which each branch was given over the others was designed to prevent any branch,......

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Title: U.S. Constitution
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Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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