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1. Who are the People of the United States? The people of the United States are all the people that live here.
2. What is a Union? A union is a group of people working together to persue policies.
3. What is Justice? Justice is being fair no matter what.
4. What is the meaning of “domestic Tranquility”? Domestic Tranquility is when everything in your home is peaceful.
5. What is the “common defense”? Common defense is when you defend yourself, if your being harmed you fight back.
6. What is the “general Welfare”? When all the citizens are working together to be successful and peaceful.
7. What are the “Blessings of Liberty” and “Posterity”? Our nation being free and being able to think for ourselves.
8. What is the meaning of “ordain”? Holy people being in control.

Founding Fathers -

A person who starts or helps to start a movement or institution.

A member of the convention that drew up the US Constitution in 1787
domestic tranquility - internal peacefullness, lack of disturbance within a country

blessings of liberty- It's a phrase that implies all the benefits of freedom that they have no room for in the constitution.
Constitution - A body of fundamental principles according to which a state or other organization is aknoweledged to be governed.
union - an organization of workers joined to protect their common interests.
posterity- future definitions
Bill of Rights - the first ten admendments to the constitution.
justice -the quality of being fair or reasonable.
ordain- confer holy orders
amendments - the addition, deletion, correction, or other changes proposed to a document.
common defense- army of a country.
general welfare- when the country is peaceful.