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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
1700s-1800s
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Aug 11, 1215
Magna Carta
Noble forced King John to sign an greement nd give more nobles rights. The document and authority or ontrol,and also allowed certain rghts to all land hlders. The Magna Carta limite the power of th monarch by guaranteing that n one would be above the law,ot even the King or Queen -
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims realized they needed rules to goven over to surive in a new law. He came up with written plan or goverenment. -
Fundamental Order of Connetitcut
America's first written constitution, called for assembly of elected representatives and the popular election of governor and judges. -
Glorious Revolution
Parliament removed King James II from the throne and replaced him with his daughter Mary and her husband. Peaceful transfer of power. No ruler would have more power then the Parliament. -
English Bill of Right
Futher limited the monarch's power. We have free elections to parliament, right to a fair trial, and elimination of cruel and unusual punishment. -
John Locke
Argued that people were born free, equal, and independent. The rights include life, liberty, and property. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Developed the idea known as separation of power. Dividing the goverenment into branches so that no one part can become powerful or threaten individual rights. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Wrote the social contract. Argued people alone had rights to decide how they should be governed.
