Throughout history, there have been many important documents that have contributed to the development of the democratic society that the United States of America holds today. Early English settlers brought with them the knowledge of a political system that had been in the making for centuries. The type of political system that the settlers knew was from 17th-century England, but a lot of the ideas came from varying places like Africa, and India. and various …showed first 75 words of 555 total…

…showed last 75 words of 555 total…later became an vital part of the Constitution of the United States. Plainly, The Mayflower Compact, The English Bill of Rights, and The English Petition of Rights played a role in the United States’s democratic society. Due to all the laws that the English Settlers and others brought over with them when they immigrated, they have built on and changed to help to make the United States of America the LAND OF THE FREE!