Traditions of the Founding Fathers

  The purpose of this assignment is to encourage you to research and reflect on the historical tradition the Founding Fathers rooted themselves in when writing our founding documents. James McClellan begins his book Liberty, Order, and Justice with the following words: “The American Constitution is an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary document.” For this paper, provide an explanation of that statement. Discuss the historical traditions in which the American founders grounded themselves. Your paper must address the following 4 major questions: 1) What did the Greco-Roman tradition contribute to the American constitutional system? 2) What did the English common-law tradition contribute to the American constitutional system? 3) How did the American constitutional system itself specifically develop from a covenant, to a charter, to a constitutional system? 4) What are the specific, major political ideas of the Founding Fathers as a consequence of being rooted in this tradition? Be sure to refer to the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Order of Connecticut, among others, in your answer. This paper must be in Turabian style. This paper requires an introduction that provided excellent background on the topic and clearly previews major points. The paper includes title page and 3 full pages of content. The paper is laid out effectively and uses reader-friendly aides (e.g., section summaries, tables of contents, indices, appendices, etc.) when appropriate. The paper requires at least one scripture quite from the Bible. The instructor is looking for the paper to be written from a Christian perspective. This paper requires at least 6 references, three of the low tier references need to be: James McClellan book Liberty, Order, and Justice James Eidsmoe book Christianity and the Constitution Donald S. Lutz book The Origins of American Constitution Please hose three more references that you base the bulk of your review on. the references above should just be used to support your ideas.