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自学考试英美国家概的况318-335第十九章
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Chapter
19
I
Political Institutions
T
.
The U. S. Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the basic instrument of
American government and the supreme law of the land. For two
.
centuries and more, it has guided the evolution of governmental in-
stitutions and has provided the basis for political stability, economic
growth and social progress .
The American Constitution is the oldest written constitution in
the world. It was drawn up in 1787 and went into effect in 1789.
When the War of Independence was won, the thirteen former
Since the colonies
colonies were like thirteen independent nations.
had just thrown off British rule, they did not want to give up their
independence to a strong central government. But they also knew
that they needed each other, so they chose to set up a loosely knit
organization of states. In 1781, the Second Continental Congress
adopted a constitution, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles
of Confederation provided that each state had one vote in Congress,
a lawmaking body set up according to the Articles. But Congress
had no power to tax, could not control trade between the states and
had no way of enforcing its laws. There was no national executive,
or law-enforcing branch, neither was there a national court system.
The Articles of Confederation did one important thing: they formed
316
a new nation
the United States of America.
People began to think
of themselves as citizens of the United States.
The weakness of the Articles became more and more evident and'
by 1787 many people agreed that something had to be done to over-
come the weakness.
In 1787, Congress called for a meeting of delegates from all the
states to revise the Articles of Confederation. They met at Philadel-
phia from May to September-55 delegates from all the states, ex-
cept Rhode Island. Although the delegates had been authorized only
to amend the Articles of Confederation, they produced in the
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