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Article 5: Amending the Constitution The Constitution can be amended or formally changed

Lets Make Amends A Two-Thirds vote is needed in BOTH houses to Amend the constitution OR When a constitutional convention is called by Two-Thirds the states and approved by Three-Fourths of the states No state can be denied suffrage in any constitutional convention

Article 6: Supremacy of the National Government The Constitution, national laws, and treaties are the supreme and highest laws of the land. All governments must promise to support the constitution.

It doesn’t get ANY better than this All Debts that existed before the constitution was written were carried over to the new Government Everyone in the United States has to follow the laws of the constitution, and no state can create a law that goes against the United States All Government officials are bound to the laws of the constitution and MUST carry the laws out No Religious Test can be given to determine who gets a position in a public office

Article 7: Ratification Nine of the Thirteen states had to Ratify, or approve, the constitution before it could go into effect

We The People Only 9 of the 13 states in the union were needed to ratify the constitution though all 13 ratified it on September 17th, 1787 Names of Interest that signed the Constitution: George Washington Alexander Hamilton Ben Franklin Robert Morris James Madison Jr.

Bring on the Amendments!! This has been another PowerPoint Presentation From the WORLD FAMOUS Mr. Green! Bring on the Amendments!!