Constitutional Influences Timeline

  • Period: Feb 4, 1200 to

    Constitutional Influences Timeline

  • Period: Feb 4, 1215 to Feb 4, 1216

    Magna Carta

    Nobles rebelled against King John, who was a harsh ruler, they made him sign an agreement that protected he nobles privileges.
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  • Feb 5, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Nobles rebelled against King John, who was a harsh ruler, they made him sign an agreement that protected he nobles privileges.
    it granted equal treatment under the law.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    Group of colonist from England known as pilgrim wrote a plan for government, they realized if they were gonna survive the newland they would need new laws.
  • Baron de Montesquieu

    Baron de Montesquieu
    A French writer who devoloped the seperation of powers. so that no one gets more power over everyone.
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecicut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecicut
    Assembly of elected repersenatives and popular election of a governor and judges.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution
    Made parliament more powerful then the Monarch.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    guaanteed free elections to parliament, the right to a fair trial, and the elimination of cruel and unusual punishments.
  • John Locke

    John Locke
    He claimed that people were born equal, free, and independent.
  • Jean-Jaques Rousseau

    Jean-Jaques Rousseau
    He made the Social Contract.