“That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.” PoliticalSocialConstitutionCrisisFinalsCorruptionEvidentColonists Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
“The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution , there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.” MightEffectsLimitsFunctionConstitutionMarkEnglandBoundariesPrimariesTrailsJuryLegislature Book:The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
