Answer:
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- United States Constitution
- Bill of Rights
Step-by-step explanation:
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal document in which the thirteen U.S. colonies separated themselves from British rule by declaring themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states. It was ratified on July 4, 1776.
A year later, it was created the Articles of Confederation, the first written U.S. Constitution, that established a weak central government consisting of a Congress with few powers, at the expense of sovereigns and independent states.
Seeing the inefficiency of the Articles of Confederation, Americans created the actual United States Constitution, in 1787, which is still enforced nowadays. It consists of seven articles that established the principle of separation of powers in the government, the check and balance system, the concept of federalism and other procedures.
Two years later, The United States Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution, which consists of the first ten amendments that exist nowadays. This bill was drafted in order to establish specif guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, and limitations on the government's power that the U.S. Constitution lacks.