Comparing the Constitution to Other Countries

• 1Citizens elect representatives to make laws.
• 2The U.S. has three branches of government.
• 3The Constitution was written in 1787.

1. 1787

   The U.S. Constitution is written

2. 1791

   Poland adopts Europe's first modern written constitution

3. 1949

   West Germany adopts its Basic Law

4. 1996

   South Africa adopts its post-apartheid constitution