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A 7 page paper which
examines how the three main tenets of Classical Liberalism (natural rights, democracy,
and capitalism) were incorporated into the United States’ Constitution. Sources used were
faxed by student and have no bibliographic information.
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File: JR7_RAuscon3.rtf
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basic strengths in the document involve natural rights, democracy, and capitalism. While many people imagine that such foundations are simply the result of a people wanting independence, and a new
way of life, the truth is that many of these ideals were derived from Classical Liberalism. The following paper examines how Classical Liberalism was very intricately linked to the founding
or drafting of the United States Constitution. Classical Liberalism Prior to discussing the influence or impact made upon the United States Constitution by Classical Liberalism we turn to
illustrating some of the minds and theories behind Classical Liberalism. The first person to be examines is Montesquieu who was a French jurist and political philosopher. He wrote a book
called "The Spirit of Laws" in 1748 wherein he illustrated how political structures, such as monarchies, were structures that inevitably harmed the people of a nation or community. It was
he who presented the idea of dividing government into various structural powers such as legislative, executive and judicial. Another mind was Jean Jacques Rousseau who wrote the infamous "Discourses"
and "Inequalities of Men." He is most often associated with having given Classical Liberalism its most intensely radical foundations. He focused on political equality and a powerful sense of equality
for all citizens of a nation. Then we have Adam Smith, a Scottish philosopher whose focus was on morals. He was, interestingly enough, also a man who was an
economist. He is perhaps one of the most powerful figures in relationship to establishing the concept and clear theories regarding capitalism. According to the fax the student sent for this
assignment (which has no citing information) "He advocated a system of laissez-faire capitalism, characterized by private ownerships, free markets, free trade, a division of labor, and minimal government involvement in
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