I really need help with these 2 essay prompts! An essay would be ideal, but a little direction would work too. I also need them very quickly - like in the next day.

What evidence is there for the assertion that the basic principles of the constitution were firmly grounded in the political and religious experience of America's colonial and revolutionary periods?

"Between 1783 and 1800 the new government of the United States faced the same political, economic, and constitutional issues that troubled the British government's relations with the colonies prior to the Revolution." Assess the validity of this generalization.