Week 13 – How were the founding documents written?

When the founding fathers wrote the documents that based the laws, rules, and morals of the country, they wrote with foresight in mind on how society may change. You can see this as they write things about freedom of action and about certain amendments. The first and second amendments are two that can be referenced. The first allows freedom of things such as speaking own morals and as well as religious freedom. They had foresight as to the fact that Americans will not all be conforming to one God or religion and that is very true in our world today. The second amendment can be argued for because I believe the founders knew how technological advancements would be made to the speed and effectiveness of firearms and weapons. Basically I am implying that the founders had a sense of foresight into the changes of the country and how our culture may evolve.

That being said, I think the founders wrote laws and rules that allow for society to evolve the American Dream in many ways. To begin, access to the American Dream has evolved greatly to include so many different people and groups. Secondly, I think freedom of action creates the biggest playground for people to use to shape the American Dream for themselves. People are able to use their freedoms to create their own lifestyle. Religious choice, cultural acceptance, and freedom to speak ones own mind. I think it is cool to say that these people were so thoughtful as to how the country would form. They also state how they secure certain rights and values for themselves and their posterity (us), and the Constitution is able to be amended, so we can still secure the rights based on our world today. I like to believe that these people writing the documents were looking out for people like me when writing documents hundreds of years ago.