Constitutional Influences Timeline

By sarah_starkweather
  • Period: Sep 19, 1200 to

    constitution influence timeline

  • Sep 19, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    Nobody would be above the law,not even the king or queen.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

  • Fundamental orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental orders of Connecticut
    First written constitution in America.

  • Glorious Revelution

    Glorious Revelution
    -Peaceful transfer of power.
    -No ruler would have more power than the parliment.

  • English bill or rights.

    English bill or rights.
    1.Free elections
    2.Fair trials.
    3.No cruel or unusual punishment.

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    -Belived that all people posses natural rights that we are born with and gavernment cant take away.
    -Life,liberety,and property.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    Developed a idea of seperation of powers,divding government into branches so that no part can become to powerful.

  • Rousseau

    Rousseau
    -Wrote the social ontract.
    -Argued that people alone have right to decide how they are governed.