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Several documents were important to the writing of the US Constitution. For example, the Magna Carta, The Articles of Confederation, the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657, The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu, john Locke's Two Treatises of Government and Edward Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England.

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The predecessor were the Articles of the Confederation. However, if you are thinking of the basis of the Constitution, there were many previous writings, such as the Magna Carta and others that were inspirational.

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The Mayflower Compact

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The Articles of Confederation.

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