Constitution+Daykta08

0:00-0:15 Small Talk and What is the Constitution

Say hello and make small talk about things going on in the person's life. List a few things you could talk about with your person.  1. congrats Thomas Mifflin on getting a diploma at 16 from the college of Pennsylvania! 2.how was your trip to Europe in 1767?

3. how's your wife, Sarah? http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers_pennsylvania.html#Mifflin Remind him what the Constitution is

It is a living breathing document that was written 200 years ago. It is filled with the laws that molded and cradled our newborn country.It was written and signed by many people over the summer of 1787 including, yourself, and Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, and Lyman Hall.

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Why is it "living or breathing?" or Why is it not "living and breathing?" http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_changes_are_amendments_are_there_in_the_constitution** it is living and breathing because 17 amendments were added and 1 was changed. if nothing in the constititution was changed there would be no room for improvement or growth in our country, and the flaws like slavery and women not being able to vote would still be in place today and our country wouldn't be a picture of opportunity, justice and freedom.

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What is your proof? http://www.prohibitionists.org/Background/Party_Platform/18th_21stAmend.html 1 in 1933 amendment #21 was changed, the eighth article being repealed, allowing alcohol to be legal, lowering the crime rate drastically because many people were addicted to alcohol. although alcohol is a very dangerous and harmful substance, many people who had alcoholism drank illegally, and when being caught they went to jail and thats why the crime rate was so high.

2 In 1870, the fifteenth amendment was added so no citezens voice was taken away because of racial discrimination or of previous slavery.

3 in 1920 the 19th amendment allowed wome to vote.

4 in 1951 the 22nd amendment allowed a president only 2 terms in office. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=4697

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if it weren't for all theses changes, our country wouldn't be the perfect picture of democracy and freedom as our founding fathers intended it to be. I believe those brave men are smiling down at our changes, steps towards the utopia of their dreams.