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What Is The Importance Of Framers To The Declaration Of Independence

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Not long after the Declaration of Independence was signed and the thirteen colonies were independent, many of them crafted their own constitutions or documents of rules and regulations. Three of the colonies, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, simply stuck with their original charters were dated as far back as 1629 and 1663. I believe that the Framers did not guarantee the freedoms to the states so that their governments were still able to rule their own states independently. However, in 1897, the Supreme Court began to allow for the protections on the Bill of Rights to the state and local governments. In order for this to happen, they used the “due process clause” of the 14th amendment. This procedure

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