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Period: Feb 4, 1200 to
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Feb 4, 1215
Magna Carta
This document, or deed, protected the nobles' privilegs and authoity, or control.
Latin for "Great Charter"
Limited the power of the monarch -
Mayflower Compact
Even bfore their ship, the Mayflower, reached America, lymouth colonist need rules to govern them selves if they were going to survive
Drew up a written plan for government
Forty-one of the men aboard signed the Mayflower Compact -
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
The first written American constitution
Called for an assembly of elected representatives
Called for the popular elections of a governor and judges -
Glorious Revolution
Peaceful tranfer of power
Praliament demostrated that it was now stronger than the monarch
From that time on no one was more powerful than parliament -
English Bill of Rights
This document further restricted the power of the monarch
Guaranteed free elections
The right to a fair trail
Eliminationof crule and unusual punishments -
John Locke
English writer
Suppoted the Glorious Revolution
Argued that people were bron free, equal, and independent -
Baron de Montesquieu
Developed the idea about dividing the branches of government into different parts to balance power
Along with Locke's ideas on the Social contract and natural rights, became a cornerstone of the Decleration of Independents -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Argued that people alone had the right to determine how they are governed
Said "man is born free, yet eveywhere he is found in chains" was refering to the large population in Eroupe living under oppressive governments