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For a long time, laws applied to people but not kings and higher authorities. The English wrote the Magna Carta which included a very important piece which stated that the king could no longer do what he wanted, he has to follow the law of the country.
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The Iroquois worked together to form a common goal. This also happened with the founding fathers when they created a federal system which divided powers.
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John Locke was an English philosopher who wrote a book about the rights every human being has at birth. His ideas sculpted the way we think today.
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In America, the law states that citizens give their consent to the governed. This method can be traced back to Greece when different areas of Greece were being made into democratic governments.
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The beginning of the representative government was seen in the ancient Roman Empire. Rome was originally ruled by kings but the government changed into democracy later.
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This is a major document which states laws that kings have to follow.
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Montesquieu wrote that powers must be divided so that no one becomes too powerful. This influenced the people who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
