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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The nobles rebelled against and forced King John to sign an agreement, called the Magna Carta,The document protected the nobles' privileges. These rights also included equal treatment under the law and trial by one's peers. The Magna Carta limited the power of the monarch by guaranteeing that no one would be above the law. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was an agreement made while the pilgrams were still on the Mayflower. The pilgrams realized that they needed rules to govern themselves. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The pilgrams left Massachussetts and colonized Connecticut. And then developed America's first written constitution. It called for the assembly of elected representatives and the popular election of a governer and judge. -
Glorious Revolution
Removed King James from the throne and invited his daughter and it was a PEACEFUL transfer of power. And it declared that no ruler have more power than the Parliment -
English Bill of RIghts
This document restricted the Monarch's power even more and it guaranteed free elections to Parliment. It declared that people have a right to fair trial, and it got rid of cruel and unusual punishment -
John Locke
John Locke believed that from the very moment we were born, that we were born free,equal, and independent. These were John's idea and we call them Natural Righs. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Developed the idea that the government should be divided into branches so that no one had more power over the other. Our government is divided into three branches: Judicial, Legislative, and Executive -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau believed that people have the right to determine how they should be governed.
