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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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Which document begins we the people of the US?
The preamble of the US constitution
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The Constitution is the framework for the US government.
What was the first document outlining government in the US?
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143 which is 3% of the document
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Simple Answer: the US Constitution Long Answer: A whole host of other documents dealing with the structure of government from which the founding fathers constructed their own version. i.e. the Magna Carta, John Locke's works etc.
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