Constitutional Influenes Timeline

  • Period: Sep 23, 1200 to

    Constitutional Influences Timeline

  • Magna Carta
    Sep 23, 1215

    Magna Carta

    noboy would be above the law, not even the king and queen
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact

    Pilgrims need rules to govern themselves
  • Fundamental Orders of Conecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Conecticut

    eleted representatives to make laws form each town electon of a governer and judges
  • Gorious Revolution

    Gorious Revolution

    no ruler would have more power than Parliament
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    free elections fait trials no cruel or unusual punishment
  • John Locke

    John Locke

    life, liberty, and property believed that all people have natural rights that we are born with and government can't take away these rights
  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu

    developed dea of separation of powers dividing government into branches so that no part can become too powerful
  • Rousseau