Reading Response: The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution DIRECTIONS: In many ways, the Constitution was built on the foundation of the Declaration of Independence. Explore the details of how the Declaration influenced the Constitution.
Explore the details of how the Declaration influenced the Constitution by writing an explanatory essay considering the following questions.

• How might the abuses of the British government have influenced the type of government the United States established and the type of rights it wanted to protect?

• How did the focus on “unalienable rights” in the Declaration specifically influence ideas in the Bill of Rights?

Cite evidence from both documents to support your ideas