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The Articles. The seven articles make up the structural constitution, signed on September 17, 1787, and ratified on June 21, 1788.
The United States Constitution comprises seven articles detailing the framework of the federal government of the United States of America. The Constitution outlines the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) and their respective powers and responsibilities.
Articles four through seven describe the relationship of the states to the Federal Government, establish the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, and define the amendment and ratification processes.
Articles of the Constitution. Article I Legislative Branch; Article II Executive Branch; Article III Judicial Branch; Article IV Relationships Between the States; Article V Amending the Constitution; Article VI Prior Debts, National Supremacy Clause, and Oaths of Office; Article VII Ratification; Amendments to the Constitution. First Amendment
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article. I ...
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. [3] It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally including seven articles, the Constitution delineates the frame of the federal government.
The Constitution acted like a colossal merger, uniting a group of states with different interests, laws, and cultures. Under America’s first national government, the Articles of Confederation, the states acted together only for specific purposes.