The Constitution Table

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Influences on the Constitution Table

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|Documents |Summary |What was its influence on the Constitution? |

|Magna Carta |The document was a series of written promises between the king |Primarily secured liberties for England’s elite classes, its language protecting due|

| |and his subjects that he, the king, would govern England and |process and barring absolute monarchy has guided the fundamental principles of |

| |deal with its people according to the customs of feudal law |common law in constitutions around the world for the last 800 years. |

|Mayflower Compact |The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the |The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist |

| |ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written |Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. |

| |framework of government established in what is now the United | |

| |States. | |

|Articles of Confederation |The Articles of Confederation became the ruling document in the|This served as the written document that established the functions of the national |

| |new nation after they were...