Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution. Name one.

Answers from the USCIS list

Give one of these answers.

• Easy answer to learnDeclaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Federalist Papers
• Anti-Federalist Papers
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Mayflower Compact
• Iroquois Great Law of Peace

Our explanation

"Influenced" means gave ideas to. Many documents influenced the Constitution. You can name any one on the official list. An easy one is the Declaration of Independence, from 1776. It came 11 years before the Constitution.

Remember it

Easy pick: the Declaration of Independence (1776) came before the Constitution (1787) and influenced it.

Source

M-1778 answer list (Q14: 'Many documents influenced the U.S. Constitution'). USCIS 2025 Study Guide p. 52: the Constitution "was written 11 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776."

• 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) (PDF, USCIS)

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