Constituional influences

Constitutional Influences Timeline

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Nobody would be above the law, not even the king or the queen.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrams needed rules to govern themselves.
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    This was the first written Constitution in America.
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    • Peaceful transfer -No ruler (king/queen) would have more than parliament.
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    1. Free elections 2.Fair trails
    2. No cruel or unusual punishment.
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    He believed that all people were born with natural rights and that the government can't take away life, liberty, and property.
  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu

    He developed an idea of separation of powers dividing government into branches so that no part can become too powerful.
  • Rousseau

    Rousseau

    He was a french philosopher who wrote the social contract. He argued that the people alone had the right to determine how they should be governed.