What historical documents was the US Constitution modeled after?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

va declaation of rights

Answer 5

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