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Influences on the Constitution Table

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Documents Summary What was its influence on the Constitution?

Magna Carta Issued by King John of England in 1215 when Englishmen went to the colonies they were given charters that guaranteed them and their heirs would “have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects.” The paper evidently stated that no free man could be prosecuted by any means other than the law of the land.

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All About History (unknown) The Magna Carta. Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ on June 6, 2011. This guarantee was used 575 years later in the Bill of Rights the fifth amendment. The fifth amendment guarantees “No person shall… be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”

Mayflower Compact Written up by the 41 mature males from the Mayflower, the new settlers from Plymouth shaped a contract with fair and equal laws, for the “general good”. The Mayflower settlers knew from preceding attempts that not including some type of government they would fail. This allowed them to follow Protestant as an alternative of the Church of England and other liberties without command.

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Featured Documents (unknown) The Mayflower Compact. Retrieved from http://www.allabouthistory.org/mayflower-compact.htm June 20th 2012 The Constitution was shaped on the identical bases as the Mayflower Contract. That all men are created equal, and each person has the right to unalienable rights.

Articles of Confederation Written by the Second Continental Congress of the 13 states, soon after the Declaration of Independence. The document provided congress authority to regulate foreign affairs, war, and the postal service, appoint military officers and control Indian affairs. In addition, it ordered the borrowing of money, the...