Question

What motivated the Founding Fathers to include the phrase "We the People" in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 1

@EclipsedStar

Answer 2

@crazycountrygirl

Answer 3

@confluxepic

Answer 4

@EclipsedStar i need your help

Answer 5

Not totally sure, but I think it was to show that they were a whole on the topic. And that the common people were appealing to him, not some group of aristocrats.

Answer 6

@VectorPrime

Answer 7

The phrase 'We the people' epitomizes the United States government's republican form.
http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/52eaa781e4b042661d4e2e6e

Answer 8

so it wuld be "the first thing that needs to be recognized is the fact is that the founding fathers who gathered together were representatives of their respective independent States. Thus, we know that they were speaking on behalf of the States and not of the individual persons of their respective State as promoted by one ideology. We can know this because the union they refer to is an union of States not an union of people. The name that they chose for this new nation is proof of that."

Answer 9

Please close the question if you no longer need help :)