Should The Constitution Be Used To Justify The Declaration Of Independence

Throughout the history of the United States of America (U.S.A.; U.S.), many documents have been drafted with the purpose to maintain the stability and promote the growth of the U.S. However, before the U.S. was able to enact these documents of legislation, independence from King George III and Great Britain needed to be acquired first. Thus the forefathers which included among many others John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin contributed to the creation of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence along with America’s victory against Britain in the American Revolutionary War, were the means by which the U.S. was able to obtain their independence. Now an independent state, the people of the U.S. needed to own legislation to adequately govern themselves. Hence the U.S. Constitution was formed as the Supreme Law of the Land, and still remains in effect to this day.

It is the widespread belief, especially one held by former President Abraham Lincoln, that the Declaration of Independence is a statement of principles through which the United States Constitution should be interpreted. The Declaration justified America’s independence

While it still upholds its integrity, the Constitution made ample provision for as needed ratification and additions to be made. The Constitution begins with a detailed explanation of each branch of government which would make up the Federal/National Government, the highest political actors in the U.S. Ensuring one branch of government would not supersede the other, a system of checks and balances was integrated into the new government system. This solved the problem of preventing America from ever being under the control and will of a monarch. Furthermore, a body of Congress and the House of Representatives were created under the Constitution so needs of the constituents may be heard in the higher levels of