Influences on the Constitution Table

Documents

Summary

What was its influence on the Constitution?

Magna Carta

Mayflower Compact

Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

Philosophers

Who was this?

How did his writings influence the Constitution?

Thomas Hobbes

John Locke

Selected patriots

Who was this?

What were his views on governmental structure?

Benjamin Franklin

Alexander Hamilton

Patrick Henry

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

John Adams