The civil war and resistence fighters
C.)materialism amd corporate greed because that is not an weakness.
Well most of the concepts in these documents were prevalent in previous society's. Representative democracy in Athens. Basic inalienable rights was in the English Bill of Rights. But a big change was the checks and balances of government. i.e how the president can veto congress, the Supreme Court can overturn a veto, and Congress can impeach Supreme Court judges.
They had a lot of money wasted and they lost a lot of lives during this.