Understanding the Preamble of the United States Constitution

The Preamble of the United States Constitution outlines the goals of forming a more perfect union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting general welfare, and securing liberty. Each goal is explained to emphasize the importance of creating a fair legal system, maintaining peace, defending against attacks, supporting people's well-being, and preserving freedom for present and future generations.

• Constitution
• Preamble
• United States
• Goals
• Importance

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1. The Preamble

2. Do Now: What is the preamble?

3. 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 and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

4. What does it mean? More perfect union Establish justice Insure domestic tranquility Provide for the common defense Promote the general welfare Secure the blessings of liberty

5. Form a more perfect union. Meaning- A better union of states than before the king of England.

6. Establish justice Meaning- create a fair legal system

7. Insure domestic tranquility Meaning- Keep things peaceful at home and in the country.

8. Provide for the common defense Meaning- Join together to defend against attacks.

9. Promote the general welfare Meaning- Help support people s well being.

10. Secure the blessings of liberty Meaning- Freedom & liberty is around today and for our descendants.

11. What do you think?? Which of the 6 goals do you think is the most important? Or do you think they are all equally important? Explain your answer