The U.S. Constitution

The United States Constitution has been used to model the Constitution of over 100 countries.  This makes it one of the most influential documents in the world.  The constitution has established the strong points in our government.  Before the constitution was written, the government had what is known as the Articles of Confederation.  The Articles of Confederation were too weak and the government had "fixed the problems". The "fixed" Articles is what we know today as the constitution.  On september 17, 1787, in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pa, the constitution was adopted.  There were many people involved in the writing of the constitution, but perhaps the most famous were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and George Washington.

The group that presented this topic did a really good job.  They spoke well and kept me interested.  They seemed to know their topic well and seemed to have a good understanding of what they were talking about.