The idea of self-government is noted in the first three words of the Constitution. Those words are...

• To All to Whom

• We the People

• To Whom It May Concern

• God Bless America

To come together to make things better for everyone who lives in the country

• Establish justice

• Insure domestic tranquility

• In order to form a more perfect union

• Provide for the common defense

Make laws and set up courts that are fair

• Establish justice

• Promote the general welfare

• Provide for the common defense

• Secure the blessings of liberty

Keep peace within the country

• Establish justice

• Provide for the common defense

• Promote the general welfare

• Insure domestic tranquility

Keep our country safe by creating a military

• Establish justice

• Secure the blessings of liberty

• Provide for the common defense

• Insure domestic tranquility

Making a decision that benefits everyone

• Promote the general welfare

• Secure the blessings of liberty

• Do ordain and establish this Constitution

• Provide for the common defense

The government should value and protect the freedoms of current and future citizens

• Promote the general welfare

• Insure domestic tranquility

• Establish justice

• Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

To write down and live by the rules

• In order to form a more perfect Union

• Do ordain and establish this Constitution

• Insure domestic tranquility

• Promote the general welfare

Preamble

• Middle

• Ending

• Beginning

• Conclusion

A document that explains how our country's (USA) government works

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Pledge of Allegiance