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. Gouverneur Morris
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The ratification of the Constitution was a huge accomplishment for the United States. At the time, the country was in a state of war and in desperate need of a new constitution. In order to get one, though, they had to go through many states and win their approval for it. The ratification process took a long time, but when they finally got it all done, the country had a chance to start anew.

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