The use the 1. English Bill of Rights, 2. The Magna Carta and 3. The Enlightenment from England. The also use American ideas, such as, 4. New England town meetings, 5. Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom, 6. The Mayflower Compact, 7. The Declaration of Independence, and 8. Thomas Paine's "Common Sense." Other ideas that the Americans use were the ideas of 9. republicanism, 10. limited government, 11. suffrage, 12. constitution, and 13. Iroquois League. The assignment is to choose 5 of the ideas above and briefly explain why the Americans chose that idea to include in their creation of a new government in America.