How did ideas and traditions from Europe and the colonial past shape the
Constitution?

Local government in colonial America was the seedbed of American constitutionalism—a simple fact insufficiently appreciated by those writing in American political theory. Evidence for neglect can be found simply by examining any book dealing with American constitutional history and noting the absence of references to colonial documents written by Americans. Rather, at best there will be brief references to Magna Carta, perhaps the English Constitution, and probably the Declaration of Independence.

Explanation:

The documents and actions from the past shaped these events to not have the same thing happen to them in the new world.

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