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The Magna Carta was a English grant to have a certain right. It passed into law in 1225.
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State of Nature was made in the sevententh century by Thomas Hobbes. The State of Nature are laws that we have naturally.
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Enlightenment was made in the 18th century in Europe.
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Natural Rights are also called inalienable rights.
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Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonnists.
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Two Treatise of Government was a philosophy written by John Locke.
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The English Bill of Rights was an act declareing the rights. It was a re-statement of the Decleration of Right.
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The Continental Congress is a group of people that were rich. They came together to form a country. They lacked power.
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Montesquieu anonymously published the Spirit of Laws. This creates the seperation of powers. This is where the United States get the three branches of government. The Spirit of Laws was banned from Kathelic churches.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau invented the Social Contract. He created the Social Contract in 1762. This outlines what is fair and what is not fair.
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Common Sense is a book by Thomas Paine. He was trying to make everyone realize how unfair the world is around them.
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Articles of Confederation was the first written constitotion for America. This failed because if every state had their own government, it wouldn't work out well.
