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- HB 708 of the 80th Legislature was written to ascertain t=
hat
students are educated about the sacrifices made for freedom in the
founding of this country and the values on which this country was
founded.
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- September 17th is declared
- Constitution Day by Congress to commemorate the September 17, 1787,
signing of the Constitution.
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- This lesson is designed to teach you the intent, meaning, and
importance of the Declaration of Independence and the United States
Constitution, including the Bill of Rights.
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- Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the
Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's most cherished
symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument.
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- New Hampshire ~ Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
- Massachusetts ~ John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat
Paine, Elbridge Gerry
- Rhode Island ~ Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
- Connecticut ~ Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Ol=
iver
Wolcott
- http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html
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- New York ~ William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Mo=
rris
- New Jersey ~ Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, =
John
Hart, Abraham Clark
- Pennsylvania ~ Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John
Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, Geo=
rge
Ross
- Delaware ~ Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
- Maryland ~ Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll=
of
Carrollton
- Virginia ~ George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjam=
in
Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton<=
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- North Carolina ~ William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
- South Carolina ~ Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch,
Jr., Arthur Middleton
- Georgia ~ Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
- http://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html
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- Key Facts
- Location: 7th and Mark=
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Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Originally built: 1775=
- Rebuilt: 1975 from old
photos
- Architect: Jacob Graff=
- Style: Georgian
- Commissioned by: Jacob
Graff, bricklayer
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- “People who watched the popular movie "National
Treasure" want to know. On the back, at the bottom, upside-down=
is
simply written: "Original Declaration of Independence / dated 4=
th
July 1776." Regarding the message on the back, according to the
National Archives, "While no one knows for certain who wrote it=
, it
is known that early in its life, the large parchment document was ro=
lled
up for storage. So, it is likely that the notation was added simply =
as a
label." There are no hidden messages.”
- http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/
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- The Constitution is the highest law in the United States. All other
laws come from the Constitution. It says how the government works. It
creates the Presidency. It creates the Congress. It creates the Supr=
eme
Court. Each state also has a constitution. The constitutions of the
states are their highest law for that state. But the United States
Constitution is higher.
- http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
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- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for t=
he
common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing=
s of
liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.
- http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.preamble.html
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- The Constitution can be changed. The Constitution is changed by an
"amendment." Among the amendments is a list of the rights =
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the people. By listing these rights, they are made special. It is
illegal for the government to violate those rights. As of 2006, there
are 27 amendments. Not all of them involve rights, but many do. The
first ten amendments are special. They are called the Bill of Rights=
.
- http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
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- On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States
therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the
Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it.=
The
first two proposed amendments, which concerned the number of
constituents for each Representative and the compensation of
Congressmen, were not ratified. Articles 3 to 12, however, ratified =
by
three-fourths of the state legislatures, constitute the first 10
amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights.
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- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,=
or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances=
.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free
state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be
infringed
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, witho=
ut
the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be
prescribed by law.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, pape=
rs,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the pl=
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to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infam=
ous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except=
in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in
actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person=
be
subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or
limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness
against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, with=
out
due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public u=
se,
without just compensation.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and distr=
ict
wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall ha=
ve
been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature=
and
cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against
him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor,
and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed
twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no
fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of =
the
United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, =
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cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, =
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prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectiv=
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or to the people.
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/constitution/billofrights.html
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- The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of
Rights.
- As our country continued to grow, changes and additions were needed.=
- The following is one very important amendment to our Constitution.
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- Abraham Lincoln best described democracy as "government of the
people, by the people, and for the people."
- The 12th amendment to the constitution gives citizens the
right to vote.
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