everal years ago the writers of the constitution have build their society based on the idea of the popular sovereignty, rule of law and tolerance.These ideas have become the pillar of our founding fathers for building a new society. Popular sovereignty is a form of power in which a government has over its people. This was an idea that the government was created and sustained by the consent of its people, where the political power was mainly derived from. popular sovereignty is a type of political power in which people are able to organize their government. While most countries around the world use the same language, religion and race United States uses the popular sovereignty instead. Another idea that the U.S constitution is based on is the Rule of Law
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The last component that have been developed through time is tolerance. Tolerance gives people the freedom to do what they want to do. Tolerance is the ability to mind your own business and respect the liberty of your neighbors (Coaty 33). After the American Revolution, freedom has been the priority of our Founding Fathers. The first ten amendments of the United States constitution which is also known as the Bill of Rights are based on the people’s freedom. As we can see the in the first amendment, people in the United States have the freedom of speech, freedom of religious and freedom of assembly, and these are people’s right based on the U.S constitution. The freedom to vote can also be count as the tolerance, and as we can see in the fifteenth amendment, it gives African Americans the freedom to vote which they passed in 1869.During the civil rights movement African Americans did not have the right to vote, and all African American leaders of the movement like Malcolm X that was talking about their individual's right to vote that was passed in 1869 but they could not vote in 19the century; now everyone gets freedom based on the the idea of Tolerance in the constitution that was written by the Founding
The last component that have been developed through time is tolerance. Tolerance gives people the freedom to do what they want to do. Tolerance is the ability to mind your own business and respect the liberty of your neighbors (Coaty 33). After the American Revolution, freedom has been the priority of our Founding Fathers. The first ten amendments of the United States constitution which is also known as the Bill of Rights are based on the people’s freedom. As we can see the in the first amendment, people in the United States have the freedom of speech, freedom of religious and freedom of assembly, and these are people’s right based on the U.S constitution. The freedom to vote can also be count as the tolerance, and as we can see in the fifteenth amendment, it gives African Americans the freedom to vote which they passed in 1869.During the civil rights movement African Americans did not have the right to vote, and all African American leaders of the movement like Malcolm X that was talking about their individual's right to vote that was passed in 1869 but they could not vote in 19the century; now everyone gets freedom based on the the idea of Tolerance in the constitution that was written by the Founding