The Influencing Factors On The

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words the Lord has said to us. It will be witness against you if you are untrue to your god." This in essence is what our constitution does. Another example of a covenant that had an impact on the formation of our government, was the Mayflower Compact. The reason I say that impacted the formation of our government is that in the reading, it states "And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws,…, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the community." It was this idea of the general good that was the inspiration for our Declaration of independence. Another influence for the Declaration of Independence was the Magna Charta, which was the turning point in the British government. It turned the present Tyranny into a monarchy that had a form of parliament, which was supposed to keep the peoples interests in mind, and the king at bay.
The ideals of governments as described by Polybius and Aristotle were the starting ...

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