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Ideas that Influenced the Formation of American Government

By Jordan102
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    It is a english charter that was published but then republished to update it into a more modern charter.

  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    It was the first offical goverment in the US created by the pilgrams.It is a scroll of rules and there laws. This is what set the rules and made the order of the people.

  • Enlightment

    Enlightment
    The Enlightment is also called Age of Reason which was a enlite cultral movement to advance knowlege.

  • State of Nature

    State of Nature
    The State of Nature is a political philosophy which is in social contract. In the state of nature there is no rules no laws, just free.

  • Natural Rights

    Natural Rights
    The natural and legal are two types of rights that are distint to phiolsopheres and political scientist.

  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
    It was a restatement of the Declaration of Rights. So it kinda restared the other rights. It granted the people their rights, it's limiting the power of the king.First rights written on paper for the people.

  • Two Treaties of Goverment

    Two Treaties of Goverment
    The Two Treaties of Goverment is the work of a political philosopher, by John Locke.The first treatises is based on the monarchy. The second treatieses is outling the right of the people.

  • Spirit of Laws

    Spirit of Laws
    The Spirit of Laws is a treatise on political theory that was published origanally by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu. The Spirit of Laws is constitunal thats seperats power and stops slaves. The Three Branches of Goverment.

  • Social Contract

    Social Contract
    The social contract was published in1762.
    It is a device to explain the relationship of people and the goverment. This book was written by J.J. Roussea.Talks about what rights we have and whats right and wrong.

  • Common Sense

    Common Sense
    Common Sense is actully a novel (a book) that was written by Tomas Paine. This book really just states the obveus.

  • Continental Congress

    Continental Congress
    It was a group of delegats that formed America's very first congress. Rich men that were gathered to make a new governed body.No women were involved because at this time women had no rights

  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    The Articles of Conferderation was oringanaly called the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and was also the first written constitution.