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The Origins of Law in the United States

Question 2 • Introduction to Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security

What was unusual and unexpected about the legal developments that happened in the decades around the American Revolution?

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A

As the English created a complete legal system, the fledgling American nation could just borrow the English system in total.

B

George Washington tried to tell Americans that there is one way to establish a legal system, but people did not listen.

C

It was difficult to get all citizens to focus on what would be fair for everyone when most people were thinking of what is best for themselves.

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The new citizens of America were all involved in experimenting with different ways to establish a new system of law.

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