What are the Bill of Rights, believe it or not many Americans do not even know what they are, yet alone know how they came about, or where they even came from. The Bill of Right’s actually came from a faraway land known as England hundreds of years ago. The Kingdom used a Chater known as the Magna Carta which contained what they thought to be natural rights endowed to the people by GOD. “It was used to instill freedom and peace to the people of England form the King” WebHistory.com (2009) magna carta http://wwww.history.com/topics/british-history/magna-carta. The Magna Carta gave the people the right to live as they pleased without being prosecuted by the Kingdom. A Founding Father, of the United States used the Magna Carta as a foundation
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The colonies became defiance, towards the unfair mistreatment of the British and realized they wanted to be free from its ties to Great Britain. This decision would be one that would forever be remembered throughout world history forever. That was a decision sparked the Revolutionary War which gave colonist the freedom they so desired to have. However, freedom came at a costly price that they didn’t foresee which caused so much chaos in the colonies. The war had lasted over several years which depleted all the funds of the colonies and put them in debt with other countries, so a treaty was made that would help the economy. (Allen, M and Schweikart, L 2004 p 86.). Meanwhile, in another colony the government attempted to make …show more content…
They were trying to take the people land if they were not able to pay their debts, but the people refused to give up their property. This unfair treatment brought about a vigilante group that rebelled against the Massachusetts government and attacked the leaders. The group was later called Shay’s Rebels, however their reign swiftly came to an end. This rebellion was one out of many events that changed the outcome of American history for the greater good forever. Shay’s Rebellion was the fuel that lit the fire and opened the eye of a nationalist named James Madison; he knew that a stronger government was needed to prevent this kind of rebellion from occurring again at a much greater risk. A meeting was set fourth, the delegates met and begun working on a plan to make a strong structural government. Madison, proposed that the government be broken down into three branches so that no one person or group have too much power (Klein, M.M 1991). Small town delegates rejected the proposal but it was finally approved by the house. The nationalist, took it a step further to insis that a change in the constitution was needed to have a political strong federal
The colonies became defiance, towards the unfair mistreatment of the British and realized they wanted to be free from its ties to Great Britain. This decision would be one that would forever be remembered throughout world history forever. That was a decision sparked the Revolutionary War which gave colonist the freedom they so desired to have. However, freedom came at a costly price that they didn’t foresee which caused so much chaos in the colonies. The war had lasted over several years which depleted all the funds of the colonies and put them in debt with other countries, so a treaty was made that would help the economy. (Allen, M and Schweikart, L 2004 p 86.). Meanwhile, in another colony the government attempted to make …show more content…
They were trying to take the people land if they were not able to pay their debts, but the people refused to give up their property. This unfair treatment brought about a vigilante group that rebelled against the Massachusetts government and attacked the leaders. The group was later called Shay’s Rebels, however their reign swiftly came to an end. This rebellion was one out of many events that changed the outcome of American history for the greater good forever. Shay’s Rebellion was the fuel that lit the fire and opened the eye of a nationalist named James Madison; he knew that a stronger government was needed to prevent this kind of rebellion from occurring again at a much greater risk. A meeting was set fourth, the delegates met and begun working on a plan to make a strong structural government. Madison, proposed that the government be broken down into three branches so that no one person or group have too much power (Klein, M.M 1991). Small town delegates rejected the proposal but it was finally approved by the house. The nationalist, took it a step further to insis that a change in the constitution was needed to have a political strong federal