World History Homework Help?

Question

World History?

1.)Describe colonial law, society, and politics in the mid-1700s.

2.) What is an example of how Enlightenment ideas were reflected in a.) the Declaration of Independence and B.) The U.S. Constitution?

Answer 1

~1. Much like contemporary, only different
2. There were no 'enlightened ideas in the Declaration. As the Committee of Five acknowledged when they presented it, they did not intend to write a document expressing new ideas. As to the Constitution, it borrowed significantly from British and Iroquois precedents.

Answer 2

First, I would suggest that you open your textbook and read and review the matter you were supposed to. Neither of these questions can be answered appropriately in a few sentences.