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
Why is the Preamble to the Constitution considered to be based on Enlightenment
philosophy?
a) it was instituted by absolute monarchs
b) it reflects the idea of the social contract
c) it was drafted using language from the diaries of Thomas Hobbes
d) it allowed for total control by religious leaders
