What influence did the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment have on the formation of the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions? What kinds of ideas and theories from the Enlightenment did the Founding Fathers find useful in establishing the framework for the U.S. Constitution? How does the Massachusetts State Constitution reflect the ideal of the Enlightenment?
In your answer to the above questions, I want you to think about the role and ideas of Enlightenment philosophes and the people involved in the revolution in political theory. You should examine how the Enlightenment influence the political, social and economic development of the United States and Massachusetts as set out in the respective Constitutions. You should then bring all of this together in a concise, logical, and coherent argument.
Pick 4 philosophes – find out their ideas and see how their ideas reflect in the U.S. and Massachusetts Constitutions. Quote the philosophes
Use Quotes from both the U.S. Constitution and Massachusetts Constitution and use brackets after each quote from where you got the quote.
Analyze the Constitutions, show you understand.
-Why?
-What it means?
-What is significant about it?
Sources – U.S. Constitution (Pre-Amble), Massachusetts Constitution (First 10 Pages).
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