What dose provide for the common defense mean?

Answer 1

"To provide for the common defense" is a simple but meaningful phrase in the US Constitution. It signifies one of the main reasons that the individual states are bonding together into a union: to provide an effective military force to protect all of the states together (as divergent to each state fielding its own military to protect itself separately). This means that the government will provide all of the necessary things for the nation's defense. Such as: Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, etc. to protect the Americans from foreign enemies. I understand the phrase, "to provide for the common defense", to mean that the government will guarantee protection to the states, territories, and to all of the citizens/residents thereof in the event of conflict with any foreign nation.

Answer 2

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution includes the phrase "provide for the common defense." The preamble is a brief list of reasons and purposes for the constitution itself. The "common" in common defense means a defense that defends the United States and its people as a whole, rather than specific individuals or states. The US armed forces, groups that fight on behalf of the United States, grew out of this idea of a common defense.

Answer 3

The primary duty of the government of the United States is to defend its people. That "common defense" allows the government to raise armies and make laws among other requirements.

Answer 4

It means someone missed the 'd' key.

Answer 5

I really dont know