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In 1781 the war between Great Britain and 

the United States colonies was over. 

The 13 colonies in the United States were 

not yet considered one, so to create peace 

they all lived by the rules of the Articles of 

Confederation.

But since there were no official rules the colonies did 

whatever they wanted to and did not work together to 

create a strong country. 

So a few people decided to meet in Maryland and 

discuss ways to make the country stronger.

In the end many of the people invited did not 

go to the meeting and because of that they 

decided to have another meeting to talk about 

it more.

At the second meeting 55 people, who were 

sent to speak for the state, went to Philadelphia 

and began to talk about the laws and rules they 

wanted to make for the new country. They 

called this the Constitutional Convention.

As the convention ended all of the people signed the 

constitution so that it would become the law.

But they still needed one state to sign the new rules 

and in 1788 the last state signed the Constitution 

creating a complete laws and rules for the United 

States of America.

The U.S. 

Constitution

The leader of the executive branch is 

the president.

the president is voted on by the people 

in America, this person has many 

powers which includes being in charge 

of the army. 

legislative body is made up of both the House of 

Representatives and the Senate. 

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