How Did It Begin The impeachment process began when James Madison and the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution borrowed the British system of impeachment. They borrowed the system to keep one person from being too powerful while in office such as the President of the United States. TEST ITEMS

1.The Founding Fathers wrote a new Constitution. What was the name of the old Constitution? first paragraph 2. Why did the United States borrow the impeachment process from the British instead of countries such as Spain, France,or Italy? 3. If the Founding Fathers had not written a rule for impeachment, what do you think would have been the outcome?

ANSWERS

1. Articles of Confederation 2. Since our Founding Fathers were from England we adopted their British system of impeachment. 3. Answers will vary   TOP