BASIC DOCUMENTS AFFECTING AMERICAN SOCIETY There are three basic documents which affect American society almost daily in day to day affairs. They are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. Each one is taken independently. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: The sentiments in favor of independence from England was growing in the American Colonies during the last days of 1775. The opening battles of the revolution, at Lexengton and Concord and at Bunker Hill, had …showed first 75 words of 393 total…

…showed last 75 words of 393 total…the ten amendments to the Constitution. Several of the rights, such as freedom of speech, of the press, and of religion, are considered necessary for the citizens to enjoy maximum freedom. Others such as those of assembly and petition, enable the citizens to take active part in government. finally, some of the rights, such as the right to trial by jury, are designed to guarantee just treatment to a citizen who is accused of wrongdoing.