religious and political experiences to the basic principles of the

Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor of this conclusion

is the fact that most Americans at that time had little beside their

experiences on which to base their political ideas. This is due to the

lack of advanced schooling among common Americans at that time. Other

points also concur with the main idea and make the theory of the

Much evidence to support this claim can be found in the wording of

the Constitution itself. Even the Preamble has an important idea that

arose from the Revolutionary period. The first line of the Preamble

states, We the People of the United States... ." This implies that the

new government that was being formed derived its sovereignty from the

people, which would serve to prevent it from becoming corrupt and

disinterested in the people, as the framers believed Britain's government

The from of government specified by the Constitution seems to be a

Sons of Liberty also protested what they perceived to be excessive

represented in both houses of Congress. The lower house, the House of

this idea in Pennsylvania, where the Quakers were tolerant of other

probably made an even larger contribution to this tradition by advocating

respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise

becomes apparent. The First Amendment states, "Congress may make no law

federal system of government, which gives each individual state the right

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