An ideal type is used by sociologist to carry out a sample of an event or an occasion, the emphasis is to stress certain elements common to many cases of a given phenomenon. This is the test the sociologist is about carrying out by the exercise he gave to the students.
Thomas Paine wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense," which immeasurably influenced the philosophy reflected in the Declaration of Independence. One of the U.S. Founding Fathers, Patrick Henry, was initially opposed to the very idea of the Constitution!
