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Ancient Greece
Greece may have been one of the most influential things that led up to the constituion, They had the first basic governemnt.(socrates had influenced this) AD -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
They also used the system of democracy in rome which helped lead up to the constitution -
Mayflower Compact
It defended everyone there from the prosecution based on their religions -
Two Treaties on Govenrment (John Locke)
This outlined locke's ideas on what he wanted in this govenrment. I believe this helped the govenrment be made, like the one we have today -
English Bill of Rights
The english bill of rights were the basic rights that everytone was intitled to -
The Social Contract (Rousseau)
It helped everyone realize the way that the political comunity should work, as well as describing the way this could happen -
First Continental Congress
meeting of delgates that established the laws and princliples that we live by -
Second Contintental Congress
They managed the war effort. They raised war efforts, appointing diplomats and managiing treaties -
Decleration of Independance
It outlined the reasons that the colonies wanted to have independace. It also declared that everyone would be independant. -
Articles of Confederation
It was our first basic constituion that we had. It led us to making a new constituion that was better revised and had more regulations -
Treaty of Paris
This ended the revolutionary war. This helped us devlope the constitution -
Shay's Rebellion
Reblled against the governent, some protestors were shot