colonial influences

  • May 15, 1215

    manga carta

    manga carta
    the Magna Carta government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility was written by the English nobility in 1215.
  • mayflower

    mayflower
    the mayflower compact was an agreement among individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the consist; it was written by a group English pilgrims as they traveled to Massachusetts in 1620.
  • English bill of rights

    English bill of rights
    the English bill rights is an act that is a parliament of England that creates the separation of powers, limits the power of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election, and bolsters freedom of speech.
  • cato's letter

    cato's letter
    Cato's Letters were essays by British writers John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, first published from 1720 to 1723 under the pseudonym of Cato, the implacable foe of Julius Caesar and a famously stubborn champion of republican principles
  • common sense

    common sense
    Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government.