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Jun 15, 1215
MAGNA CARTA
Percursor of all modern declarations of human rights, it guarantees the rights and freedoms of the individual, protecting the rights of the innocent, giving people new rights and making the king subject to the law. -
PETITION OF RIGHTS
PRODUCED BY THE ENGLISH PARLIAMENT AND SENT TO CHARLES I AS A DECLARATION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT ESTABLISHES THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE -
HABEAS CORPUS LAW
THE BILL OF RIGHTS IN ENGLAND WHICH IS THE BASIS OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION AND REPRESENTS THE VICTORY OVER ABSOLUTISM OF THE ESTUARD MONARCHY -
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL LAW
EXPOSES ITS ARGUMENTS ON CIVIL LIBERTY AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE FRENCH REVOLUTION -
THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THAT PROCLAMED THE RIGHT TO LIFE, FREEDOM, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS -
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF THE U.S.A.
PROCLAMS THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL -
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS
THE BILL OF RIGHTS PROTECTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE RIGHT TO HAVE AND CARRY WEAPONS, THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE AND THE FREEDOM OF PETITION. ALSO PROHIBITS UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE, CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AND FORCED SELF-INCRIMINATION -
CALL OF THE GENERAL STATES
THE GENERAL STATES OF THE OLD REGIME WERE ASSEMBLIES CALLED BY THE KING IN AN EXCEPTIONAL WAY AND TO WHICH REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH STATE ATTENDED -
THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN AND THE CITIZEN
A DOCUMENT FROM FRANCE IS APPROVED THAT ESTABLISHES THAT ALL CITIZENS ARE EQUAL BEFORE THE LAW -
MEXICO'S INDEPENDENCE
THE CURE MIGUEL HIDALGO Y COSTILLA INITIATES THE REBELLION TO END THE SPANISH DOMAIN THAT HAD GOVERNED THE COUNTRY THROUGH A VIRREY AND ESTABLISHES THAT WE ARE A FREE AND SOVEREIGN COUNTRY, WITH OWN GOVERNORS THROUGH AN OWN COURT
