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Nobody would be above the law not even the king or queen
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Pilgrims needed rules to govern themselves
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First written constitution in america
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Peaceful transfer of power. No ruler would have more power than parliament
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- Free elections
- Fair Trials
- No cruel or unusual punishment
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Believed that all people possess natural rights that we are born with and goverment cant take away
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Developed idea of seperation of power dividing goverment into branches so that no part can become too powerful
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Wrote social contract
argued that people alone have right to decide how they are governed
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