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Jan 1, 1000
Common Law
1000-2010
The principle that it is unfair to treat similar facts differently on different occasions. This is still being used to this day. It was developed by judges through decisions of courts. -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta Signed
King John of England requied this so you will not be punished without being proven gulity by the law. Which is a modified versions which omit certain temporary provisions. We still use this because it is part of our constiution. We don't get areseted unless we are proven gulity. -
Jan 1, 1500
Separation of Powers
1500 - 2010
The Separation of Powers is a model for the governmet of both democratic & federative states. This goes way back to Ancient Greece and came into widespread use by uncodified Constitution of the Roman Republic. It is made up of 3 branches legislative, judicial, and executive. -
Jan 1, 1507
Iroquois Confederation
1507-1787
Five original nations bounding together by mutual peace and friendship. The founding nations were the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca Nations,and with Tuscarora Nation joining later. -
Colonial Legislatures
1619 - 1732
The colonial legislatures had a great deal of power including the ability to muster troops, levy taxes and pass laws. -
Mayflower Compact Signed
The freedom to practice Christianity according to their own determination. It was the first writen governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Written Constitions
The Written Constition limits the powers and functions of a political entity. The US constitution is an example of an entrenched constitution. -
New England Confederation Approved
1643 - 1684
It was a political and military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. It started a war between the Mohegan and Narragansetts. The Confederation was successful in terms of bonding the colonies together. -
Leviathan - (Thams Hobbed)
Thamas established the foundation for most of Western political philosophy from the perspective of social contract theory. He developed some of the fundamentals of European, which had he belived that each man should be equal and is called the right of individual. -
English Bill of Rights Established
It is named by the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. It's a series of limitations on the power of the United States Federal government. -
Two Treaties of Government - (John Locke)
1689 - 1690
John wrote an eassy that contained two treaties of the government. The first treatise attacks the patriarchalism in the form of sentence by sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha. The second treatise outlines a theory of political based on natural rights and contract theory. -
Declaratuin of Indepence Signed
The Declaration of Indepence was the indepence with Great Britain. It was signed by 13 American colonies. We celebrate this day as the brith day of the United States Declaration of Indepence. -
Enlightenment
Mid 17th - 18 Centuries
The Enlightenment was a stress by human reasoning over blind faith or obedience. This lead to contrast with much of the religious and political order of the day. It also encouraged scientific thinking. -
Adopted Albany Plan of Union
A plan for uniting the seven colonies that greatly exceeded the scope of the congress that was made by Benjamin Franklin. It is pretty much just saying to join or die. It was made to control the tarde. This is improant becuase it helps us with our taxes to this day. -
On the Spirit of Laws - (Baron De Montesque)
The Spirit of Laws was the strat of translation into other languages. It is a treatise on political theory. -
The Social Contract - ( Jean-Jacque Rousswau)
The Social Contract was used in the Declaration of Independence as a sign of enforcing Democracy. It is an agreement by the governed on a set of rules by which they are governed. -
Commentaries on the Laws of England - (Sir Jhon Blackstone)
1765 - 1769
Was the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. Blackstone's work is divided into four volumes. The rights of persons, things, of private wrongs and public wrongs. -
Secound Continental Congress Meets
TheSecound Congress was the colonial war effort. They met for a secound time because Britin was not there for the First Continental Congress meeting. The raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties. Congress acted as the de facto national government of what became the United States. -
Aricles of Confederation
Nov. 15,1777 - March 4,1789
The Aricles of Confederation specified how the national government was to operate. They also set the rules for operations of the United States government. -
Constiutional Convention Meets
This was the start of the Declaration of Independence. Washiongton made the meet sooner because because of the slow arrival of some delegates. All of the states were represented except for Rhode Island, which declined to attendence.http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/8772/Constitutional_convention_portrait.jpghttp://assets.sbnation.com/assets/8772/Constitutional_convention_portrait.jpg -
Ratification of the Constitution
Sept. 1787 - July 1788
It was a great debate, took place throughout America over the Constitution that had been proposed.
The Ratification of the Constitution detailed four-stages
1. The submission of the Constitution to the Confederation Congress.
2.The transmission of the Constitution by Congress to the state legislatures.
3.The election of delegates to conventions in each state to considing the Constitution.
4. The Ratification by the Conventions of at least nine of the thirteen states. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the United States Federal government. Making any law prohibiting the free exercise of religion and freedam of speech. -
First Continental Congress Meets
Each colony showed up to the meeting except for Georgia. They all met in Philadelphia. The meeting talked about boycotting British trade.
