Jane Bates' "The Importance of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights"

Read this essay. It analyzes the various traditions that influenced the writing of the US Constitution, and mentions the English Bill of Rights among the most important influences. How does the analysis provided here compare with your own reading of the English Bill of Rights? What are the most important ways in which this document paved the way for the Constitution of the United States?

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