It was the first written form of representative government, so it was the start of that.
The five freedoms it protects: speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government. Together, these five guaranteed freedoms make the people of the United States of America the freest in the world. ... If you're in the U.S., you have freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition.
They wanted to be independent from being in control of other nations.
Hope that helps.
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Beirut, Lebanon was once known as the paris of the middle east