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Comparing Thomas Jefferson's Letter To The Danbury Baptists In 1802

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Austin T. Marlin
Liberty University
GOVT 200-B12

Abstract
The United States of America is known for its very intellectual documents that were written by the founding fathers of this great country. We see the founders of this country as great Scholars and Philosophers for the way they worded these founding documents, but also, they were great Theologians for their sense of relating the rights given to them by God into these documents. When comparing the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and Thomas Jefferson’s Letter to the Danbury Baptists in 1802 we can find many similarities, but we can also find many dissimilarities. But why was it important for one of these documents to come first before all …show more content…

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