Constitutional Influence

By dillonvannavong
  • Sep 23, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Nobody would be avove the law. Not even the king or queen.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    Pilgrims needed rules to govern themselves

  • Fundamental Orders of Cennecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Cennecticut
    First written constution in America

  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution
    Peaceful transger of power. No ruler would have more power than the parliament

  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    1. free elections
    2. fair trials
    3. no cruel or unusual punishment

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    Believed that all people possess natural rights that we are born with and government cant take away.
    Life, liverty, and property.

  • Baron de Montesquieu

    Baron de Montesquieu
    Developed idea of seperation of powers, dividing government into branches so that no one can become too powerful

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    wrote "Social Contract" argued that people alone have rights to decide how they're governed.