Question

"We the people of the states of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina, and Georgia, do ordain, declare and
establish the following constitution for the government of ourselves and our posterity."
-Report of the Committee of Detail in the Federal Convention, August 1787, page one
"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."
-Report of the Committee of Style in the Federal Convention, September 1787, page one

1) What are some differences between the early draft of the Preamble in August 1787 and final draft in September
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2) Starting the Preamble with the phrase "we the people" was kept from the August to September version. What
was the framers intent to begin the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution with the phrase "we the people?"

Answer 1

The preamble of the working draft and the final version differ significantly. In the August 6 preamble, delegates described themselves as representatives of "the States of New-Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode-Island," etc. The final version, beginning "We the People of the United States," shows that in the six weeks between the writing of the draft and of the final version, the idea of a united nation had been born. A single nation with a unified government had replaced an earlier vision of a confederation of states.

We the People” includes all the citizens of the United States of America. The importance of this phrase shows that it wasn't just the framers of the Constitution or the legislators who were given powers to the government. Instead, the government gets all of its powers from the Citizens of the United States of America.

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