The founders of the country were generally well educated in the classics. Elements of the Magna Carta and the Period of Enlightenment were influencial. The Virginia Plan for a bicameral congress came from writings of philosophy of john Locke to rely on consent of the governed, Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron Montesquieu) for divided government, and Edward Coke on civil liberties. The New Jersey Plan emphasized states rights and sovereignty.
The foundation was the Enlightenment thinkers, but the constitution is/was a document that was hammered out with compromises and agreements.
The foundation was the Enlightenment thinkers, but the constitution is/was a document that was hammered out with compromises and agreements.
The founders of the country were generally well educated in the classics. Elements of the Magna Carta and the Period of Enlightenment were influencial. The Virginia Plan for a bicameral congress came from writings of philosophy of john Locke to rely on consent of the governed, Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron Montesquieu) for divided government, and Edward Coke on civil liberties. The New Jersey Plan emphasized states rights and sovereignty.
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The founders of the country were generally well educated in the classics. Elements of the Magna Carta and the Period of Enlightenment were influencial. The Virginia Plan for a bicameral congress came from writings of philosophy of John Locke to rely on consent of the governed, Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron Montesquieu) for divided government, and Edward Coke on civil liberties. The New Jersey Plan emphasized states rights and sovereignty.
There were (and continue to be) multiple practical effects of the writing of the Constitution. The most important of these practical effects was that the Constitution allowed the new country...
Because the founders gave sovereignty to the people of the United States, and including those words reinforced that idea. The Founding Fathers were suffering from hubris and/or megalomania.
2/3 of the states must ratify the admission.
2/3 of the states must ratify the admission.
2/3 of the states must ratify the admission.
The founders of the country were generally well educated in the classics. Elements of the Magna Carta and the Period of Enlightenment were influencial. The Virginia Plan for a bicameral congress came from writings of philosophy of john Locke to rely on consent of the governed, Charles-Louis de Secondat (Baron Montesquieu) for divided government, and Edward Coke on civil liberties. The New Jersey Plan emphasized states rights and sovereignty.