Events Leading up to the Constitution

Ancient Greece

500

5th century greece
Developed first city-state government still used to this day.

Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/magna_carta.htm

Mayflower Compact

Nov 21, 1620

http://www.history.com/topics/mayflower-compact

Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan)

Nov 21, 1651

http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html

English Bill of Rights

Nov 20, 1689

http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/americapedia/americapedia-documents/english-bill-of-rights/

John Locke (Two Treatises on Government)

Nov 21, 1689

http://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/222

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Social Contract)

Aug 12, 1692

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/rousseau-soccon.asp

Baron de Montesquieu (The Spirit of Laws)

Oct 22, 1748

http://www.constitution.org/cm/sol.htm

Voltaire (Treatise on Tolerance

Nov 21, 1763

http://www.constitution.org/volt/tolerance.htm

Cesare Beccaria (On Crime and Punishment)

Nov 21, 1764

http://www.constitution.org/cb/crim_pun.htm

First Continental Congres

Sep 5, 1774

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/congress.htm

Second Coninental Congress

Jul 3, 1775

http://www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

the declaratin was signed by congress because the U.S. wanted independence from great britain.

Articles of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/articles

Treaty of Paris

Aug 12, 1783

http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/treaty-of-paris

Shays Rebellion

Nov 13, 1786

http://www.ushistory.org/us/15a.asp

Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention)

Nov 21, 1787

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/constitutional-convention-convenes-in-philadelphia

Ancient Rome

Mar 2, 2022