Founding Influences

England's Common Law

Period: Jan 20, 1066 to Jan 20, 2015

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Common+law+of+England

English Parliament

Period: Jan 20, 1215 to Jan 20, 2015

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_England

Magna Carta

Jun 15, 1215

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Burgesses

Mayflower Compact

Jan 20, 1620

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_Compact

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Jan 15, 1639

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Orders_of_Connecticut

Enlightenment

Period: Jan 21, 1650 to Jan 21, 1780

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment

Glorious Revolution

Jan 21, 1688

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution

English Bill of Rights

Jan 21, 1689

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_of_Rights_1689&redirect=no

John Locke

Jan 21, 1701

Social contract theory, Theory of mind

Isaac Newton

Jan 21, 1720

Theory of gravity, Solidfied the heliocentric theory