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  1. Sep 2017
    1. He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union

      Why cant he always give information to Congress? or Why doesn't he always get the information?

    2. but no religious Test shall ever be required

      If most people becoming a part of the house were the same religion, what was the point of a religious test in the first place?

    3. Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

      So the new laws can change any old laws that contradict? Could this go wrong? Possibly

    4. The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

      What if the number of states expand, then what is the new ratio?

    5. form a more perfect Union

      A union can't be more perfect. It's the reason why you made the constitution

    1. still lingering in the period of childhood.

      It means that it is okay for America to make mistakes at this time, but not after a while

    2. your nation

      It isn't his nation

    3. You will not, therefore, be surprised, if in what I have to say I evince no elaborate preparation

      Would he have had time to prepare a speech if they told him earlier?

    4. He who could address this audience without a quailing sensation, has stronger nerves than I have.

      Also, why would he be so nervous when he has already spoke at many events?

    5. Friends and Fellow Citizens

      Who in the audience wouldn't be friendly to him if it is a meeting of people who support him and wanted him there?

    1. render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

      It is also an example of him being an not qualified ruler of a country, stoping his militaries civil rights

    2. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly

      Another example of him being a tyrant and using an invalid government system

    3. forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance

      It seems that King George had an invalid government, and has changed to a tyrannical government

    4. they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

      Yet what if someone's pursuit of happiness was to be tyrant or for a slave to be free. Would they be allowed to pursue their individual happiness? No

    5. that all men are created equal

      Instead of saying all men are created equal, they should have said that all white men landowners have equal rights