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The Magna Carta or the" Great Charter", provided the foundation of limited governement; (power of the monarch, or governement is limited) which later influced our government system in creating the U.S Constitution.
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The Mayflower Compact was the first offical government contract of the Plymouth Colonly. It was signed by 41 male passegers seeking to establish their own form of government in the new world.
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The English Bill of Rights was signed on Jan 11th 1688 by King William II and Mary II during the Glorious Revolution, This document set the principles on what a ruler could and could not do.
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Two Treaties of Government written by English Philospher, John Locke believed that people should contract to form governments to protect one's nautral rights. Influnced by his work, Colonial leaders: Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison believed these ideas as political truths.
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The First Contienetal Congress meets in Philadelphia to debate on the Embargo Act. Which was one step to America's Independence.
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The fight for Independece begins in the Battle of Lexington & Concord.
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On Jul, 4 1776, the final draft of the document was approved by Congress and signed by their ,President John Hancock. Inspired by America's strive for Independence, many other countries declared for independece and revolutions around the world began.
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After the birth of the Articles of Confederation and the creation of the Anti-/federalists, Congress declared this document that power shall be determinded by voting citizens. Which later influced the Bill of Rights.
