How did state constitutions influence the U. S. Constitution?

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Rey Le

22 January, 10:54

How did state constitutions influence the U. S. Constitution?

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Malia Wilson · Answer 1

The amendments to the Constitution that Congress proposed in 1791 were strongly influenced by state declarations of rights, particularly the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, which incorporated a number of the protections of the 1689 English Bill of Rights and Magna Carta.