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To: Lmo56

Exactly right, English Common Law provided the definitions used in the Constitution.

But I must say that most of the Revolutionary leaders were not educated in England particularly the most important ones: Washington, Madison, Jefferson, J. Adams, S. Adams, Hancock, Hamilton, Jay, Burr, Monroe, Marshall. They were trained in English law though except for Washington and Hancock who were not lawyers.


2,214 posted on 11/18/2008 9:18:25 PM PST by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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To: arrogantsob

“But I must say that most of the Revolutionary leaders were not educated in England ... “

Yeah - I guess you are right ... but those who went to college in the Colonies were the result of the English education system ...


2,218 posted on 11/18/2008 9:23:58 PM PST by Lmo56
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