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Jean Jacques Rosseau
Social Contract
the people decide how they wanted to be governed. -
Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Road to the Constitution
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
*King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
*It is important because still today we use the idea of spreading out the power throughout the people.
*The reason why the Magna Carta was created i because the nobles where being treated unfairly so they wanted to peacefully take the power away from King John. -
Mayflower Compact
*It is a rulebook to the government.
*It was signed by 41 of the men aboard the Mayflower.
*The reason why it is important is because without it there would be no government and we would all eventually perish. -
Fundmental Orders of Connecticut
The time when the constittion was written
It showed how the govener,judges, and represenatives was thought about. -
Glrious Revolution
King James was replaced by his daughter
Parlament got stronger
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English Bill of Rights
*Limited power to monarchs,
*Put an end to unfair punishment.
*Began the idea of having elections and impeachment.
*Guranteed a fair trial to a criminal. -
John Lock
*He wrote about the natural rights,Life,Liberty, and Property.
*The natural rights also said that we are born with those rights and nobody can take them away from us. -
Baron de Montesqueiu
*He came up with the idea of seperation of powers.
*Also splitting the government into three branhes
*As well as people having individual rights.
