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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The magna carta was a document that was taken to people with much power to tell them everybody elses rights. -
Mayflower Compact
The mayflower contract was created so the Pilgrims could practice christianity. -
Enlightenment
The enlightenment was made tell people thoughts of how a government should be. -
State of nature
The state of nature is something in script to state how things will be a state or ecomomy before it forms. -
English Bill Of Rights
The english bill of rights was set up to tell people with power their limits. It also told how much rights the people without power had. -
Natural Rights
John Locke and Jean Jacqeus Rouseueu always said that people have "natural" rights people should not be treated differently. -
Two Treatises of Government
The first Treatie was made to attack patrioism. The second was made to outline natural rights. John Locke wrote it. -
The spirit of laws
the spirit of laws was made by Baron de Montesquieu. It was made to say how a government should be, and the separation of powers. -
Social Contract
The Social Contract is a set of papers that state the principles of how a government should be. -
Continental congress
People of the American colonies said that the taxation and rule over America was rediculous. They tried to form what is called the constitution. -
Articles Of Confederation
The articles of confederation were a set of papers made to set out territorial laws. -
Common Sense
Commone sense was created by Thomas Paine. It was a book describing the rights of the Americans.
