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Period: Jan 1, 1215 to
Democratic
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Esablished respects for certain individual rights, due proces of law, and limited government the charter first passed into law in 1215. Magna Carta was the first document forced onto a King of England by a group of his subjects -
English Bill of Rights
Extended individual liberties and new process of law to in nobility. is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689. It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament. -
Declaration of Independence
claimed that unalienable rights were the foundation of all goverment. The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states. -
Declaration of Rights of Man and Ctizens
based heavily on the American Declaration. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was adopted on 26 August 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly during the period of the French Revolution, as the first step toward writing a constitution for France. -
U.S. Bill of Rights
Responded to earlier ideas about the relation between individuals and the govenment. formally proposed by joint resolution of Congress on September 25, 1789, and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791
