Both reflect ideals from Enlightenment thinkers.
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Answer this question… The United States Constitution was influenced by the Enlightenment, while the Magna Carta was not.
There is no "British constitution" in the sense of the American one where a group of people sat down and wrote it. The British constitution is a collection of documents from the Magna Carta to the EU's Declaration of Human Rights. The constitution has evolved from 1215, the signing of the Magna Carta.
The United States Constitution of 1787 created a government limited
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Simple Answer: the US Constitution Long Answer: A whole host of other documents dealing with the structure of government from which the founding fathers constructed their own version. i.e. the Magna Carta, John Locke's works etc.