U.S. Constitution The Constitution of the United States has been the law of the nation since 1789. It was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. It calls for a government of limited powers. Fifty-five delegates, representing twelve states, drafted the document. All thirteen states voted to accept it by May 29, 1790. The first Congress drafted twelve amendments. The states ratified ten. Those ten amendments became known as the Bill of Rights. The president of the …showed first 75 words of 424 total…

…showed last 75 words of 424 total…States begins..... We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of liberty to ourselves our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States of America.(see excerpt) The Constitution, as the basic and supreme law of the land, has been running our country for more than 200 years.