MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Thomas Jefferson
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James Madison
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Both leaders
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: –Thomas Jefferson believed that a country’s constitution should be rewritten every 19 years. Instead, the U.S. Constitution, which Jefferson did not help to write (he was in Paris serving as U.S. minister to France when the Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia), has prevailed since 1789.
Detailed explanation-2: -No work of man is perfect. It is inevitable that, in the course of time, the imperfections of a written Constitution will become apparent. Moreover, the passage of time will bring changes in society which a Constitution must accommodate if it is to remain suitable for the nation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jefferson claimed that the generations of people in the future should not be bound to the opinions of people who came before them, and thus that the Constitution should be amended if it is unable to address the needs of people at any given time.