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This 5 page paper discusses the foundations and rationales for the Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights and judicial review. Who and/or what influenced the writers of these documents that would guide a new nation are explored. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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n.d.). Because of his ability to write and the fact that he was from Virginia, the actual writing of the document fell to Jefferson (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.).
It was the Age of Enlightenment and Jeffersons draft was influenced by many, including John Locke, whom he admired, Richard Henry Lee who had written a resolution for independence and
who had said "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states" (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). Another phrase, "all men are by
nature equally free and independent" came from George Masons Virginia Declaration of Rights (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). From Locke and Christian Wolff from Germany, Jefferson took the notion
of natural law (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). Their writings were the basis for Jeffersons paragraph on "mans inherent and inalienable equal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness" (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). In fact, Jefferson also took ideas from his own pamphlet written in June 1774 entitled "A Summary View of the Rights of
British America" (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America, which was the official title of the document was unanimously passed
on July 2, 1776, signed on July 4, 1776 with an official proclamation made in Philadelphia on July 8 (The Bill of Rights Institute, n.d.). After the colonies won the
Revolutionary War, they knew they needed to establish some sort of unified governmental system (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003). The Articles of Confederation represents the first agreement made by the
13 states (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003). They needed to specify the powers of the Continental Congress and the individual states (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003). The Congress selected John
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