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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.
--Preamble to the United States Constitution
What purpose might the Founding Fathers have had for providing this Preamble at the beginning of the United States Constitution?
A) to explain why the Colonies broke away from England
B) to describe the way the English leaders abused the Colonies
C) to explain what they hoped to accomplish in writing the Constitution
D) to describe the long, painful process through which the new government was established.