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Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English charter. Originally issued in the year 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. Which included the most direct challenges to the monarch's authority to date.Magna Carta was the frist document forced onto an English king by a group of his his subject,the feudal barons -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower.Almost half of the colonists were part of a separatist group seeking the freedom to practice Christianity according to their own determination and not the will of the English Church. -
Natural Rights
Natural rights are also called inalienable rights, are considered to be self-evident and universal. They are not contingent upon the laws, customs, or beliefs of any particular culture or government. -
Two Treatise of Government
John Locke is athour the aTwo Treatises is divided into the First Treatise and the Second Treatise. The First Treatise is focused on the refutation of Sir Robert Filmer, in particular his Patriarcha, which argued that civil society was founded on a divinely-sanctioned patriarchalism. The Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society. -
English Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliament on 16 December 1689. It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. -
Enlightenment
It was period in Western history and its corresponding movement. It promoted intellectual interchange and opposed intolerance and abuses in Church and state.The center of the Enlightenment was France, where it was based in the salons and culminated in the great Encyclopédie . -
Spirit of Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu in 1748 with the help of Claudine Guérin de Tencin. Originally published anonymously partly because Montesquieu's works were subject to censorship, Its influence outside of France was aided by its rapid translation into other languages. -
Social contract
The social contract is a device used to explain the appropriate relationship between individuals and their governments.Social contract arguments assert that individuals unite into political societies by a process of mutual consent, agreeing to abide by common rules and accept corresponding duties to protect themselves and one another from violence and other kinds of harm. -
State of Nature
State of nature is a term in political philosophy used in social contract theories to describe the hypothetical condition of humanity before the state's foundation. In a broader sense, the state of nature is the condition before the rule of positive law comes into being, thus being a synonym of anarchy. -
Continental Congress
The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution. -
Common Sense
Common Senseis a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution. Common Sense, signed "Written by an Englishman", became an immediate success. -
Articles of Confederation
