Founding Influences

  • Period: Jan 1, 1066 to

    England's common law

  • Period: Feb 20, 1215 to

    English Parliament

  • Jun 15, 1215

    Manga Carta

    Magna Carta
    Although Magna Carta failed to resolve the conflict between King John and his barons, it was reissued several times after his death.
  • House of Burgesses

  • Mayflower compact

  • Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

    Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
    The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was adopted by the residents of Hartford, Windsor, and Wethersfield and remained the colony’s law until 1662.
  • Period: to

    Enlightenment

    Enlightenment
    Francis Bacon ~ His works established and popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method, or simply the scientific method.
    Isaac Newton ~ Newton made seminal contributions to optics, and he shares credit with Gottfried Leibniz for the development of calculus.
  • glorious revolution

    glorious revolution
    also called the Revolution of 1688
  • English Bill of Rights

    English bill of rights
    The English Bill of Rights is an English precursor of the Constitution, along with the Magna Carta and the Petition of Right.