... . As the Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush said, "'Tis done, we have become a nation."" James West Davidson et al., Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3d ed. (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002), 175. 2Ibid., 176. 3Ibid., 176. John Locke, "Second Treatise of Civil Government,"" in Aspects of Western Civilization: Problems and Sources in History, Vol. II, ed. Perry M. Rogers (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2000), 70-75 ... . Ibid., 192. Ibid., 192. Ibid., 193. Catherine Drinker Bowen, Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Conventio...

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... of trial and error of almost two centuries of colonial existence. The origins of Constitutional Government stem from the Judeo Christian principles of covenant, justice, and inalienable rights. This idea was a reflection of the protestant influences and upbringings of the framers and that of the American people. The framers read extensively on the writings of Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke and Montesquieu, applying their ideas into the constitution. John Locke's "Second Treatise- and his idea of ... as 3/5 of a person. Black slaves constituted 1/3 of the population in southern sta...

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... Each branch should be, for the most part, in Madison's opinion, independent. To assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power in selecting members of the other two branches. In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, John Locke stated that "it is not without reason the [man] seeks out and is willing to join in society with others who are already united, or have a mind ... to unite for the mutual preservation of their lives, liberties, and estates, which I call by the general name - property." It was by these basic principles that laid the ... essential framework f...

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... ideal was truly in the tradition of John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, the Locke whom the American rebels treated as an honorary president was a pluralistic defender of vested rights, not of parliamentary supremacy. The critical fight was over representation of the states and once the Connecticut ... committee on Postponed Matters. The people involved with this ordeal were swept up by the point of departure on the grounds of immediate terms. The decision, however was already decided upon that George Washington would no doubt end ... Infact, it was even considered that once Washi...

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