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- 名称：美国历史文献_U.S._Historical_Documents
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- TheU.S.Constitution:TheUnitedStatesConstitutionisthelegalbackboneoftheUnidStatesofAmericaandcomprisesthebasiclawsoftheUnitedStatesFederalGovernment.DelegatesfromtwelveofthethirteenoriginalcoloniesputtheConstitution’sframeworktogetherinMay1787inPhiladelphia.TheConstitutiondefinesthethreebranchesofgovernmentandtheirjurisdictions;theyaretheExecutiveBranch(President/VicePresident),LegislativeBranch(CongresscomprisedoftheSenate&HouseofRepresentatives),andtheJudicialBranch(theSupremeCourt).Theneedforthreebranchesofgovernmentwastocreateaseparationofpowerssothatnotonepersonorgrouphasfullresponsibilities,butthatthey’respreadoutandeachbranchmustrefertotheotherbyameansofchecksandbalances.TheDeclarationofIndependence:TheDeclarationofIndependenceisadocumentthatistheepitomeoffreedomandliberty.ItwasdraftedbyThomasJeffersonin1776asalistofgrievancesagainsttheKingofEngland,GeorgeIII.TheDeclarationexpressestheconvictionofAmericansinaphilosophyofself-evidenttruthsofwhatindividuallibertyandfreedomshouldbe.TheDeclarationwasthebeginningtoseparationfromEnglandandthecatalystforabirthofanation.TheGettysburgAddress:TheGettysburgAddressisconsideredoneofthegreatestandmostquotedspeechesofaPresidentthroughoutAmericanhistory.PresidentAbrahamLincolngavehisaddressonthebattlefieldatGettysburg,PennsylvaniaonNovember19th,1863.ItwasafewmonthsafterthebattleatGettysburgwasover,thepurposeofLincolnbeingtherewastoconsecrateacemeterytothefallenUnionsoldiersoftheCivilWar.ItisbelievedthatLincoln’smaingoalofthisopportunitywastofightfortheUnitedStatesasaunitedcountryandtoexpresstheequalityofallunderthelaw.(SummariesbyAldark)
