The framers of our country undertook the daunting task of creating a new country from scratch. Their intent was to create a republic that would be able to withstand the sands of time without losing sight of their democratic ideals. This they have accomplished, for the United States is the oldest large democracy in the world. But how did they succeed? During the era of our country's birth our founding fathers set up a government that would base itself and its institutions on the idea that humans are not naturally political. In order to ensure order and sovereignty the drafters of a new regime knew that they had to establish a strong and coherent central government. However, this new government would be legitimate only if it was based on the consent of its governed citizens and had the means of checking and balancing itself. The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution differ in

that the first proclaims principles about natural rights and the latter has the primary function of establishing a concrete formula for a government. Both, however, exemplify beliefs that in order for a large republic to last, it must be based on the federalist belief of a

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The founders of our nation knew that power had to be separated not only by local, state, and federal levels, but also by differing branches of federal government. The Declaration tells us that, "Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes," (Declaration). This explains why the drafters of the Constitution when to such great lengths to not only separate the powers into the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, but also not make it simple to pass legislation amend the document itself. For example, the fact that every bill must first be passed in the House of Representatives and then the Senate. In order for it to become law, it must be:

The founding fathers of our nation painstakingly set up a government that they believed would forever ensure democratic principles regardless of the size of the regime. They established a system of government that would abide to those rights that they held dear during their time, but that would be able to conform to future generations and unforeseen events. It is a fact that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution contains so much of the same language and id

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