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What ideas influenced the creation of the u.s. government? Where did these ideas come from? Is the government still true to these ideas?

User Mustapha El Kojji
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Where did these ideas come from?

17th and 18th century European Enlightenment

ushistory.org

What ideas influenced the creation of the u.s. government?

natural rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and social contract

khanacademyorg

Is the government still true to these ideas?

yes

we still have :

democracy & elections

civil society that protects rights like the aclu

constitution may have been changed but has not been replaced like in some other countries