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Which statement describes william blackstones contribution to government in the united states?

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He helped establish many of the philosophies behind the U.S. legal system. 
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Sir William Blackstone was an English Jurist and Judge. He is known for writing The Commentaries on the Laws of England in 1769. This work was an important contribution to the development of Common Law in England.

Blackstone's work had a deep impact on the ideology that led to the American Revolution and subsequent drafting of the United States's Constitution. The Commentaries are frequently quoted as a source of Common Law by United States courts.

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