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Jan 1, 1066
Englands Common Law
The essence of england's common law is that of jugdes sat around applying legal precedent and facts. The decision of the supreme court of the united kingdom is the highest civil appeal court and binding on every other court -
Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Magna Carta established for the first time the principle that everybody including the king was subject to the law. -
Jun 15, 1215
The english parliament
The Parliment developed naturally out of the daily political needs of the English King. it went through short periods of rapid growth. -
Virginia house of burgesses
the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America. The House was established by the Virginia Company. -
Mayflower Compact
first governing document of Plymouth Colony. Written by separatist Congregationalists. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The orders describe the government set up, setting its structure and powers. -
Enlightenment
In the late 17th and 18th centuries. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith -
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Glorious Revolution
In the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 they replaced the reigning king James the II. The revolution was secured in Ireland and Scotland by force -
Two Treaties on Government
A work published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. First Treatise attacked patriarchalism. Second Treatise outlines Locke's ideas for a more civilized society -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights dealt with constitutional matters and laid out certain basic civil rights. Bill of Rights lays down limits on the powers of the monarch. -
Voltaire
French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. He attacks the Catholic Church to show freedom of religion and expression. -
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher. Famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, -
Discourse on Inequality
He presents private property as the original source and basis of all inequality. He explains the conception of a human state of nature.
