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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Constitutional Influences
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
- King John was forceed to sign a document
- Document gave nobles more rights -Was know as the "Great Charter"
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Mayflower Compact
- Signed by Pilgrams because they needed to govern themselves in the new land
- They signed America's first written document
- Were Direct Democracy
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
- America's first written constitution
- Elected representatives form each town to make laws
- Document written because the pigrims were being persecuted for religious beliefs
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Glorious Revolution
- Know as the Paraliment
- Started because there was too much power for the ruler
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English Bill of Rights
- Restricted the monarch's power
- Guraranteed free elections to Parliament
- Elimination of cruel and unusual punishments
- Fair Trial
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John Locke
- Argued that the law that governed naure also applied to human life ad society
- Supported the Glorious Revolution
- Believed people should be born free, equal, and independent
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Baron de Montesquieu
- Thought of the idea to divide the branches of government
- Started "Seperation of Powers"
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Jean_Jacques Rousseau
- Argued that the people alone should have the right todetermine how they should be governed
