How have the ideas in the founding documents, like the declaration of independence and the constitution, shape the government and laws of the united states?

The Founding documents are the true primary sources of America.

These important documents, which include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and others written between 1764 and 1791, showcase the philosophical, traditional, and political foundations on which our nation was built and which continue to shape our free society.

Although reading about the Founding documents (in textbooks, journal articles, or other secondary sources) is important, reading the Founding documents themselves is the best way to understand the purpose of our national government, the liberties we enjoy, and how those liberties continue to affect and shape our free society.

Defeat in the Crimean War further reduced Russian interest in this region. Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russia's greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain.

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