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The nobles forced King John to sign an agreement rights that included equal treatment under the law and tril by limited power of the monarchs garanteed none above law.
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Pilgrams relized they needed rules to govern themselves in order to survive. Came up with written plan for government.
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Americans first written constitution called for assembly of elected representatives and the popular election of governors and judges.
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Parliment removed King James II replaced by his daughter and her husband, they showed Parliment is stronger than the King. It was known as a peaceful transfer of power.
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Furnier limited the monarchs power
3 rights: 1. free elections to parliment
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He argued people were born free, equal, and indepedent. He believed people had rights called natural rights. Rights included life, liberity, and prosperity
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Developed the idea known as separation of power divided the government into three branches
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Wrote the Social Contract
Argued people alone have the right to decide how they should be governed
