A case for the connection of America's colonial and revolutionary
religious and political experiences to the basic principles of the
Constitution can be readily made. One point in favor of this
conclusion is the fact that most Americans at that time had little
beside their experiences on which to base their political ideas. This
is due to the lack of advanced schooling among common Americans
at that time. Other points also concur with the main idea and make
the theory of the connection plausible. Much evidence to support
this claim can be found in the wording of the Constitution itself.
Even the Preamble has an important idea that arose from the
Revolutionary period. The first line of the Preamble states, We the
People of the United States... ." This implies that the new
government that was being formed derived its sovereignty from the
people, which would serve to prevent it from becoming corrupt and
disinterested in the people, as the framers believed Britain's......
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