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The people had forced king john to sign the document because it limited rights to all landholders- rights peoplethat eventually came to apply to all english people this document protected the nobles privilges and authority.
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Pilgrims realized that they needed rules to survive in a new land.
They built a settlement called the plymouth hundreds of miles north of virginia. -
This was the first consitution.They elected they elected representatives from each town to make laws.
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No government or king could have the right to have more power than parliament.
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This document further restricted the monarch's power.It also guaranteed free elections Parliament, the right to a trial, and the elimination of cruel and unusual punishments.
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He argued that people had three rights life, liberty, and property that no government could take away.This three rights were called the Natural rights
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He had a idea of the separation of powers dividing the branches of government so no one can become too strong or threaten individual rights.
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He said that people alone had the right to determine how they should be governed. the people agreed to obey the government as long as it protects their rights.