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Constitution of the United States of America Background of the Constitution of the United States of America: The Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence is the first formal American state paper. It is not judicially enforceable, and it establishes no legal rights or duties. But the Declaration has had a decisive effect on the development of governmental system. It sets forth the ideals and reflects the standards of what might be called the American creed. This creed, with its stress on the rights of people, equality under the law, limited government, and government by consent of the governed, infuses the structures and practices of the Constitution. The Declaration of Independence remains the American conscience, a constant challenge to those who would subvert democratic processes or deny persons their inalienable rights. So long as the menace of the French and the Spaniards existed in North America these colonies meekly submitted to the dictates of the mother-c