Influences on 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 |In the 13th century a group of barons wrote the Magna Carta to |The influence that the document Magna Carta had on the constitution was that the |

| |protect their rights and property against a cruel King. June |colonists wanted the same rights as the Englishmen had, they felt it was guaranteed |

| |15, 1215, King John was approached by 40 defiant barons and he |to them in Magna Carta. Later the colonist added those rights into the laws of each |

| |told them that he would go with their demands to prevent the |state, and not long after it was added into the Constitution and Bill of Rights. |

| |civil war, and about two months later Pope Innocent lll did not| |

| |do good on the agreement and so this led to an internal war | |

| |started in England. | |

|Mayflower Compact |. John Adams and many historians have referred to the Mayflower|The influence that the Mayflower Compact had on the constitution was the fact that |

| |Compact as...