The Declaration of Independence and the Federalist

Introduction

When our founding father's gathered to draft the Constitution they went with certain beliefs of how the young nation would be governed. (Yarbrough 4-9) These beliefs were influence by several ideas and documents from the early nation and from their mother nation, England. Among these early documents were The Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, The Declaration of Independence, The Articles of Confederation, and The Federalist Papers. Early colonists believed that the United States should adopt the best of the English system while adapting to new circumstances. Below you'll find a brief description of each document and how it influenced the development of The Constitution. (Zebra Edition 32-89)

Discussion

The Magna Carta was evolved in England in 1215 to compel the monarch and the persons to a widespread law. This intended that the King himself had to renounce certain privileges and comply the identical regulations as every individual else. The soonest American settlers who came from England were not involved in a monarchist government but they did like the notions of the Magna Carta. When our origin father's accumulated to compose the Constitution they recalled the Magna Carta. It leveraged the development of both The Bill of Rights and The Constitution which is especially conspicuous in the fifth amendment: “No individual shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or house, without due method of law” (Armitage 10-45) as well as the legal right that assurances that “No freeman will be taken, imprisoned,…or in another way destroyed…except by the lawful judgment of his gazes, or by the regulation of the land. To no one will we deal, to no one will we refute or hold up, right or justice.” (Bailyn 12-52)

     Another previous article which performed a significant function in the development of The Constitution was The Mayflower Compact in writing by the first settlers in 1620. The Pilgrims recognized that previous settlers failed to sustain alignment because they did not have a centered government to overlook things and defend the people's rights. They formed a government in which all persons had a voice in state and nationwide matters. (Yarbrough 4-9) These concepts would be the base of which our Constitution was written.

 

Declaration of Independence (1776)

     Following the Seven Year War, the connection between Great Britain and The United States started to deteriorate. Great Britain was deep in liability and so Parliament expanded levies on the colonies. Parliament accepted that it was only equitable that the colonies pay for their share of the empires costs. Since Parliament did not really comprise the colonies they sensed that the levies were unjustified. The matters about levy rises would finally lead to the Revolutionary War in 1775. In June of 1776, Congress nominated a Committee of Five which encompassed John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, (Zebra Edition 32-89) and Roger Sherman to preliminary an affirmation of self-reliance from Great Britain. After allowing the affirmation it was marked on July 4, 1776.

 

Articles of Confederation (1777)

     The Articles of Confederation were made ...