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I. Answer the following questions.

1. What is understood by the “Constitution”?

2. What are the main functions of a Constitution?

3. What are the peculiarities of the US Constitution?

4. What are the most significant features of the American Constitution?

5. Can the Constitution of the USA be called “the supreme law of the land”?

6. Are there any other laws? What sources are they derived from?

7. What did the 55 delegates gather in Philadelphia for?

8. Were all the 13 colonies present?

9. Was it easy to reach a consensus? Why?

10. What were the stances of different states concerning the representation to the new government?

11. Why did many contradictions concerning the powers and the service of the President appear?

12. Why couldn’t/t the largest and most important states ratify the Constitution for a long time? What two opposing groups appeared?

13. Why was the Bill of Rights of the utmost importance for Americans?

II. Comment on the following statements.

1. The Constitution of the country is the supreme law of the land.

2. Constitutions must be capable of change and adaptation.

3. The concepts and ideas of the Constitution are “the higher law of the land”.

4. In America no one is considered to be above the law.

5. In September 1786 commissioners from 5 states met in the Annapolis Convention.

6. Drafting a new Constitution proved to be a long and difficult task.

7. One of the most disputable issues was representation to the new government.

8. Another issue to be discussed was the post of the President of the state.

9. Though smaller states ratified the new Constitution quickly, the debate in the largest and most important states raged on for months.

10. The debate in New York was particularly divisive.

III. Complete the following sentences.

1. Constitution is … .

2. Being codified in a single written document, the Constitution … .

3. The Constitution of the USA consists of … .

4. The most significant features of the American Constitution are … .

5. Adopting a new Constitution was … .

6. The most hotly debated issues were … .

7. The Bill of Rights is … .

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