Thomas Jefferson's Influence On The US Constitution

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In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, and stated “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Right” (Jefferson 2). By stating this, Jefferson is declaring independence from Britain. After the colonies became states, In 1791, James Madison wrote the U.S. Constitution. The U.S. Constitution is a document of a list of rules for our country and government.
The British abused their power over the colonist and this pushed the colonist to write these sacred documents. The colonist were fed up with being treated poorly. They wanted freedom and their own set of rules/government. For example, “the British [cut] off their Trade with all parts of the world [imposed] Taxes on [them] without [their] Consent” (Jefferson 18-19). All of these abuses pushed the colonist to express how they wanted their future government and political officers not to be. Colonist wanted a government they had a say in, because for years they were controlled over Britain's ruling. The people in the colonies wanted and deserved their own rights and the British were not fulfilling that void. They wanted to be represented as their own and not through Britain, with freedom and independence. Also, they wanted rights that could never be taken from them and high standards for our government. If their
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The Declaration of Independence ask for certain things and in the Bill of Rights it states the rights that are not to be taken away from us. They pretty much state the same thing, except the Declaration of Independance is declaring what the people want and the Bill of Rights are a list of specific rights that can never be changed or taken from us. For example, Amendment I states that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech” (U.S. Const. Amed.