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Magna Carta
Series of written promises between the king and his perspective about government England and deal with the people according to the customs of feudal law. -
Thomas Hobbes
1651 book “Leviathan” marked the foundation for numerous Western political philosophies taking in account the perspective of social contact theory -
Mayflower Compact
Signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower, was the first written framework of government in what is now the US. -
Petition of Rights
Written by parliament as an objection to outreach of authority by King Charles l. English citizens saw of authority as an enormous infringement on their civil rights. -
John Locke
English philosophers and a leading figure in the fields of epistemology, metaphysics, and political philosophy. -
Enlightenment
European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights created separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and strength freedom of speech. -
Rousseau
Political philosophy deeply influenced the major revolutions like the French Revolution and the American Revolution. -
Great Awakening
Revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, especially the American colonies, in the 1730s and 1740s, leaving a permanent impact on American Protestantism. -
First Continental Congress
Meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish inadequate government. -
Second Continental Congress
Managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Articles of Confederation of 1871
The Continental Congress wrote the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War. -
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Shay's Rebellion
Shay’s Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. -
Montesquieu
French political analyst who lived during the Age of Enlightenment. He is best known for his thoughts on the separation of powers.