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In 1215, noble rebelled against king john, who had treated them harshly. They forced him to sign the magna carta. It make the noles privieges and authority, or control.
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Pligrims (plymouth colonists) realized they needed rules to government them selves in order to survive in a new land.
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Americas First Written ConsTituion called for assemby of elected representatives ad thee popular elction of govenment judges
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parliament rmoved King James II and replaced with his daugter, mary. showed that parliaent was now stonger than the king. peacful transfers of power no ruler would have more power than parliaent.
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The English Bill of Rights further restricted the monarch's power, It also guaranted free elections to parliament, the rights to fair trial, and elimmation of cruel and unusual punisnment.
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John Locke argued that people were born free, egual, and independent, They also possessed rights called natural rights, to life, liberty, and property that no government could take it away.
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Developed the idea know as separtion of powers Dividing government into braninches so that no one part can become too powerful or threaten individual rights
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Wrote the social contract, argued people along had right to decide how they should be governed
