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a direct democracy is a government where the people chose everything.This influenced America because the people vote for lots of things in the government.
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An agreement between king and nobles stating that his power is limited.
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The first governing document at Plymouth. This was a descision to create a government.
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Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher in the Enlightenment age. he said that the common wealth should be attained by social contracts
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John Locke was a philosipher in the 1600s who helped influence the constitution. He stated that the government existed to serve the people, not the other way around.
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Stated that all English citizens had rights too. Established a parliament.
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Rousseau was an enlightenment philosopher who thought the only good government was the one freely formed by the people. He said that a government is only legitimate when it has the consent of the governed.
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Montesquieu was an enlightenment philosopher who believed in the idea of seperation of powers. Influenced the judicial, legislative, and executive branches of government.
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Voltaire was a philosopher in the enlightenment age who believed that all men are created equal. He influenced the right to freedom of speech.
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Beccaria was an enlightenment philosopher who who thought the punishment should be relative to the crime. He influenced the people's right to fair and speedy trial.
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In 1774, all states except for Georgia sent delegates to a hall in Philadelphia. They were sent to talk about how to make a resolution with Britain.
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This time, all the delegates came to Philadelphia. They came to discuss how to get rid of Britain.
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The declaration of independence was a document to Britain that said they have had enough. This document included many reasons that the king was being a tyrant and that they are splitting up.
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Now that America was free, they needed to establish a government. This said that each state made their own constitution, some states even including a list of citizen's rights.
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The treaty of Paris was the treaty that ended the revolutionary war. This said that England had to finally break up with America, leaving it a free country at last!
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Farmers were not getting any money because there were no taxes to support them. This led to a war veteran leading a rebellion, blocking off the courthouses until the militia came and broke it up.
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The convention that made it happen! The Founding Fathers met in Philadelphia, and they finally decided to make the constitution.
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a republic where a legislature chose everything.This influenced America because we now have a legislature to help us decide stuff