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First Written Constitution In America
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pilgims needed rules to govern themselves
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first written constution of america.
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peaceful transfer of power. no ruler (king or queen) would have more power than parliment.
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- Free elections
- Fair trial
- no cruel or unusual punishment
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Believed that all people possess natrual rights (life, liberty, and property) We are boen with it and government cant take it away.
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developed idea of "seperation of powers" dividing government into branches,
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wrote "the social contract" argued the people alone have the right to decide how they are governed.
