Question 14 of 128 · Principles of American democracy
Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.
Accepted answers
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- Federalist Papers
- Anti-Federalist Papers
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- Mayflower Compact
- Iroquois Great Law of Peace
Any one of these counts as correct — you do not have to give them all.
Why that is the answer
Ideas in the Constitution were shaped by earlier documents such as colonial charters, political essays, and declarations of rights.
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