What is the Constitution? Why was the Constitution written? Can the Constitution be changed? What is the principle of popular sovereignty? What makes the US government a limited government? What ar...

Preamble The Preamble ("preamble" is basically a fancy term for "introduction") to the United States Constitution is only one sentence long, but it's one of the most famous and important sentences...

The oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention was Benjamin Franklin, who was 81 years old in 1787. The youngest was 27-year-old Jonathan Dayton of New Jersey. Alexander Hamilton and James Ma...