" We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
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The Constitution is not called the Preamble. The Preamble to the Constitution is a paragraph that introduces the Constitution and precedes Article I of the Constitution. It begins, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union,..."
The first section of the U.S. Constitution is called the Preamble. It is a statement that declares the purpose of the Constitution.
The preamble to the constitution.
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The first paragraph of the constitution is called the Preamble. The US Constitution preamble is the brief introduction of the purpose and principles of the constitution.
The first United States Constitution was called the "Articles of Confederation" which was passed in 1777 and ratified in 1781. There were many problems with the first constitution which led to the Second Constitutional Convention starting in 1786.
The opening statement of the U.S. Constitution is called the preamble. It lays out who is forming the new government and why.