They modeled their bill of rights after the federal bill of right The federal bill of rights became part of the constitution in the Dec.1791. This was largely due to the efforts of Madison. The Bill of rights was based on the Magna carter, which laid the basis for the English basis of rights.
I´m pretty sure it´d be God cause he´s the one that gave us the laws to live by and also lived by the rules himself and died on the cross for our sins.