How did the Declaration of Independence affect American history?

Answer 1

The Declaration of Independence is the document that declared our freedom from the crown, and stated the we were separating from Great Britain and creating our own country. This created a need for a document to guide this new country. The Articles of Confederation preceded The Constitution, but gave so much power to the individual states that it became as if we were actually 13 separate countries, each colony having their own currency, laws, taxes, etc. This created the need for a more centralized federal government and from this need our Constitution was born and adopted on September 17, 1787. At 225 years old it is the oldest document that governs a nation to this day.

Answer 2

In 1877 the Declaration of Independence had a major effect on the U.S because it declared the United States free from britain rule and it united the North and the South at the time America was divided in North and South and both sides were at war(American Civil War).

Answer 3

The Founding Fathers were inspired by and admired the Enlightenment philosophers. They embraced the concept of natural rights, and incorporated much of john Locke's arguments in support of limited sovereignty, and Montesquieu's separation of powers, and system of checks and balances, into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. .

Answer 4

The Constitution of the United States of America is the Supreme Law of the Land. All governmental procedure and all laws created must conform to the Constitution. In the words of Patrick Henry. The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

Answer 5

The US Constitution established that powers of government would not be invested in a single entity or body, that the people would have the right to petition for redress, and that a system of checks and balances would prevent the abuse of power by a single branch.

Answer 6

it stated that "all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Answer 7

i think it was the philosophers of the Enlightenment who influenced both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.

Answer 8

The Declaration of Independence influenced the founding fathers. The Declaration outlined the rights colonists felt were most important to them.

Answer 9

The Constitution influenced the Revolutionary War because after we got our freedom from England the Constitution told us how we should govern ourselves.