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John Locke
Natural rights of Life, Liberty, Property. John Locke SRS was a english philosipher and physican regared as one of the most influental of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the father of classical liberalism. -
Baron Montesquieu
Spirit of laws. He was french lawyer man of letters and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. -
Francios-Marie Voltaire
Freedom of speech freedom of religon fair trial. He was known as a French Enlightment writer historian and philosopher famous for his with his attacks on the established Catholic church. -
Jean Rousseau
Social Contract Common good " Man is born free" Natural rights. -
George Washington
Founding father. Presidnt of the constitution convention and the first persident of the united states. He was a commander cheif of the conntinental army during the American Revolution War and one of the founding fathers. -
John Adams
He was an important figure in both the first and second continental congresses. He was the second President of the United States and served as the first vice president. -
Patrick Henery
Patrick Henery was an American attomey planter and politican who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia on the 1770's. Anti-federalist. -
Thomas Jerfferson
He was chosen to be part of a committee of five that would draftt the Declaration of Independance. At the begginging of the american revulion he served in the continental congress repersenting virgina and then served as a wartime govenor of virgina -
John Jay
He was a federalist he attended the first contitnental congress as the second youngest member. John Jay was an American States man patriot diplomate founding father of the United States singer of the tredia paris and first cheif justice of the suprime court. -
James Madison
James Madison was an American statesman political theorist and the fourth persident of the United States. -
Alexander Hamilton
A delegate to the constitutional convention and major author of the fedralist papers, was the United States first secretary of the treasury. -
Grievances of the American Colonies
Stephen Hopkins released the Grievances of the American Colonies in the form of a booklet. The pamphlet was printed by order of the General Assembly in 1765 and reissued in London in the following year. -
Revolution
The war of independence waged by the American colonies against Britain influenced political ideas and revolutions around the globe, as a fledgling, largely disconnected nation won its freedom from the greatest military force of its time. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.
The Declaration announced that the thirteen American colonies, that were at war with Great Britian, would be the thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation-the United States of America. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states. Congress was also given the authority to make treaties and alliances, maintain armed forces and coin money. However, the central goverment lacked the ability to levy taxes and regulate commerce, issues that led to the constitutional convention in 1787 for the creation of new federal laws -
The Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance was an act the the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, it passed July 13, 1787.
This ordinance was also known as the Freedom Ordinance. -
Constitution
It has been amended 27 times the constitution of the united states was the first constitution of its kind -
Bill of rights
the 10 amendments were quickly approved the bill of rights is a list of limits of government power. -
Thomas Hobbes
Agreement between people and government. Believes people are inherently evil. Hobbes became a compareison to the younger Willam and they both took place in a grand tour of Europe in 1610
