Contitutional Influences

By Jusice_Williams
  • Period: Jan 1, 1200 to

    Constitutional Influences

  • Magna Carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    • King John was forceed to sign a document
    • Document gave nobles more rights -Was know as the "Great Charter"
  • Mayflower Compact

    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
  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    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
  • Glorious Revolution

    Glorious Revolution

    • Know as the Paraliment
    • Started because there was too much power for the ruler
  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights

    • Restricted the monarch's power
    • Guraranteed free elections to Parliament
    • Elimination of cruel and unusual punishments
    • Fair Trial
  • John Locke

    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
  • Baron de Montesquieu

    Baron de Montesquieu

    • Thought of the idea to divide the branches of government
    • Started "Seperation of Powers"
  • Jean_Jacques Rousseau

    Jean_Jacques Rousseau

    • Argued that the people alone should have the right todetermine how they should be governed
    - Signed the "Social Contract"