It was modeled after historical *examples*. The delgates to the constitutional convention were familiar with the styles of government in ancient Greece and Rome, of the various European states of their own day, especially Britain, most of which did not have written constitutions. They also knew, of course, the different written charters that the thirteen colonies had had before independence and the written constitutions they had developed after independence. They used their knowledge of all of these examples to develop the Constitution.
The Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation. There is one more, and I can't remember it at all. I wish I could.
Britain's constitution called the Magna Carta signed in 1225 outlined the rights of nobles and effectively checked the power of the English Monarch by establishing the house of lords as a legitimate legislative body. This idea of rule of law by the consent of the governed (in this case the English nobility) was the foundation of the US Constitution.
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State constitutions.
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Bill of Rights Constitution Magna Carta Articles of Confederation Declaration of Independence
It was modeled after "British Parliament".
An historical document specialist would be required to appraise a copy of the US Constitution. A good specialist could tell you how old the copy is and if it was made by hand or on a printing press.
what documents influenced the framing of the constitution
US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, legal documents.
Articles of Confederation
State constitutions.
Yes France has a written constitution. The French Constitution was written in 1791 and is modeled after the US Constitution.
The five documents are : The Declaration Of Independence The Article Of Confederation The US Constitution The Bill of Rights and the
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Both of these were created in Philadelphia, PA, and some if the same men helped to produce both of them: the Declaration of Independence and the United State Constitution.
It is in the constitution.
Yes, partly
US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, legal documents.
The two basic documents that are related to the founding of the US are the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1789.