Constitution+Essay

** __My Experience with the Constitution__ **  "WOW" I never knew I was doing the same thing the people who formed the Constitution did. A few days ago I was assigned to a group and told to make rules for a new civilization. Little did I know that the makers of the Constitution went through the same process 200 years ago.  Both my group and the creators of the Constitution had a lot alike in our process of making the document. The delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies at the Constitutional Convention worked with one another to form the document. Our group also collaborated to develop rules for a new civilization. Without these people helping the paper would be the ideas of one person, not a group of people, and it would take too long to write. That's no way to form a civilization.

D elegates and kids had to compromise on rules. For example, at the convention people could not agree on how many representatives would be allowed in Congress. Then both sides decided on making two houses, each with a different electing method. In my group I wanted the defense law to be an eye for an eye, but my group wanted different. In the end, after compromising, we decided to make murder punishments stricter, which was what we all wanted.

Some laws in the Constitution are totally different from the laws me and other students made. In the Constitution one of the rules is that people running for senate must be at least thirty years old to be able to serve. This rule does make sense because it insures that only sensible adults will be in office. In our rules their was no age limit. We figured since the people are voting for some one to lead them they'd make a good choice on who they saw fit for office. The eighth amendment of the Constitution states that punishments for criminals will be fair. For example, say some one steals an orange. Because of the eighth amendment that person can't be killed for stealing the orange because that punishment isn't fair. My group came up with a similar rule. We said that the eye for an eye theory would lead our colonization. This concept states that anything bad you do to other people will be done to you. This is like the eighth amendment because an eye for an eye makes sure punishments are fair, also have an impact. I have learned a lot about the history of America from this experience and I hope to learn more soon. The delegates that created the foundation of America were truly great people and I can't really compare myself to them.