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| Sets up the legislative branch containing the Senate and House of Representatives. |
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| Sets up the executive branch including the President and other executive officers. |
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| Sets up the judicial branch including Supreme Court and other lower courts created by Congress. |
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| Describes the duties of the states to each other as well as the states to the federal government. It also goes over admission of new states and changing of state boundaries. |
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| Describes the process of how to alter the Constitution by proposing and ratifying amendments. |
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| Declares that all debts made under the Articles of Confederation must be repaid. It also states that the treaties and laws made within the Constitution are to be carried out as the supreme law of the land. Lastly, it says that a religious test is never to be required for a government office or position. |
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| Describes how many state ratifications are necessary for the Constitution to take effect. |
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| Established freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, the right of petition, and the right of peacable assembly. |
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| Gives the right to bear arms. |
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| Prevents soldiers from being quartered in the homes of citizens without consent. |
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| Guards against unwanted searches and seizures of private property without proper warrant. |
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