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The American Constitution (1) government and church, and does not allow the government to support a church. (2) greatly weakened the power of the church, which in Europe had often (3) power with the kings. The American Constitution also prohibits the creation of aristocratic titles (4) that a ruling class of hereditary aristocrats can not develop. And of course, the Constitution established that the President must be chosen (5) the people, and that he could only rule for a (6) number of years.
The American Constitution has (7) important in shaping the American character, and has helped to create a society which (8) the freedom of the individual person most highly. This is expressed (9) in the words of the Constitution which states that all people have the (10) to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".
When Americans talk about "freedom", they mean this idea of the (11) person who is free to (12) his own life, without being controlled by government, church or aristocracy. This is the idea of freedom which (13) people to seek a new life in America as (14), it was the basis of the Declaration of Independence, and it is still very important to Americans today.