Actually no, you're a fuckwit because the US Constitution wasn't even written until 1788. The Declaration of Independence was what was ratified on July 4, 1776. The Articles of Confederation, THE ORIGINAL US GOVERNING DOCUMENT(that's right, our founding fathers did not write the current constitution), was passed in 77. What do they teach you kids in school these days?
you can call me all the foul names you like... this does not prove you know how to read.
read what i wrote.
this is so hilarious
"The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly referred to as the Articles of Confederation, was the first constitution of the thirteen United States of America and legally established the Union of the States. "
they were all 3 separate thoughts here.
"as written in 1776 (therefore this could be any day in 1776)" ----- the Articles of Confederation and the FIRST CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES was written on JUNE TWELFTH 1776. did i say "ratified" in my sentence... no i did not.. i said WRITTEN k thx.
... it was a great accomplishment ... (SEPARATE SENTENCE)
freedom as we know it was born on July 4,1776. (ANOTHER SEPARATE SENTENCE)
... obviously a constitution cant be completely written on 1 single day... you must realize this is a symbolic ending to a process not the entire process itself.
i crank out stuff on here so fast i dont have time to indent paragraphs and produce a bibliography.
the Articles of Confederation formed THE REPUBLIC.
I can go over why, in my opinion, the 13 articles of Confederation were an heroic accomplishment and became the only political manifestation of the enlightenment period... but that should be a separate thread.
Later on James Madison , one of the greatest human beings to ever walk the face of the earth, did some great work on an "updated version" of the constitution that was far less fragile.
How many more history lessons would you like?
and i stand by my earlier comment : freedom as we know it was born on July 4,1776
Edited by JimRaynor, 27 September 2009 - 02:35 PM.