The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States is a brief introductory statement of fundamental declarative and introductory principles of the US Constitution. It establishes general terms and objectives that the courts use as a faithful reference to the intentions of the so-called Founding Fathers regarding the meaning of the Constitution and what they expected it to achieve. The article that continues is the organization of the institutional life of the country, and its main objective is to develop the principles and declarations that are listed.
The main way in which the Spanish established most of their missions in the Americas was through extreme violence and force--often making people convert.
1st to the Vice President 2nd to the Speaker of the House
The 25th Amendment officially determines the line of secession. However, informally the Vice President had taken over since the death of W.H. Harrison in 1841.