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