People began to study classical thought during the renaissance to

people began to study classical thought during the renaissance to break with the christianity of the middle ages, there was something else apart from serving god. they are breaking also with the ecclesiastical monopoly of culture, there was a great belief in humanism and the power of the individual, and art focused on people and landscapes. there were profound changes in art, science and technology, and literature, chaucer's "canterbury tales" is an example of this.

the us constitution is a living document, meaning that it can be changed over time as the country changes.