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Read this paragraph and answer the question:

The developing American democracy also drew on

intellectual influences outside of Great Britain. The

Framers of the U.S. Constitution would turn to ancient

Greek and Roman scholars, Renaissance scholar

Niccolò Machiavelli, and French philosopher Charles

de Montesquieu for ideas about republicanism, or

representative government, and the role the people

should play within a republic. The Framers would also

incorporate Judeo-Christian beliefs in human equality

and the divine origin of rights into their design for a

new American government. Finally, the Framers

reviewed the thoughts of Enlightenment thinkers like

John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to

best understand ideas such as natural rights and

economic and civil liberties.

What does "republicanism" mean?

How many commas should go in this sentence?

Josephenia decided that she was going to wait until the movie came out on Blue Ray and then watch it with her friends.

Rewrite this sentence to make it correct:

Today I think that I will have lunch wash my car and take a nap.

Which sentence is written correctly?

Read the paragraph and answer the question:

The developing American democracy also drew on

intellectual influences outside of Great Britain. The

Framers of the U.S. Constitution would turn to ancient

Greek and Roman scholars, Renaissance scholar

Niccolò Machiavelli, and French philosopher Charles

de Montesquieu for ideas about republicanism, or

representative government, and the role the people

should play within a republic. The Framers would also

incorporate Judeo-Christian beliefs in human equality

and the divine origin of rights into their design for a

new American government. Finally, the Framers

reviewed the thoughts of Enlightenment thinkers like

John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to

best understand ideas such as natural rights and

economic and civil liberties.

What did the framers do to help create the U.S. constitution? (Hint, the looked at outside influences, and I want you to tell me which ones) Remember your answer needs to follow this format: I believe _______because ___, ___, and _____.