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First instance of a democratic government
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Founding of Rome, which in its lifetime used a republic form of government
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The Magna Carta was an agreement that placed restrictions on the British monarchy
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The Iroquois Confederacy was established in the 1600s
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A document that further restricted the power of the monarchy
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John Locke proposed and spread many of the ideas that made their way into the mentality that formed the American government, like the idea that people by nature have certain freedoms and rights.
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Montesquieu was also a political philosopher, who proposed the idea that government powers should be separated to keep each other in check.
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Another political philosopher, who wrote the well-known Common Sense, and encouraged the colonies to claim independence from Britain
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The Bill of Rights brought the first ten amendments to the Constitutions, declarations of certain rights of the people that could not be infringed by their government.