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1000 BCE
Judaism
Justice system, people should create a just society based on a respect for the law -
Period: 800 BCE to 400
Classical Period
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500 BCE
Ancient Athens
They were one of the first people groups to use direct democracy -
450 BCE
Roman Republic
Is where the people represented the government -
50
Christianity
Everyone was equal in God's eyes -
Period: 500 to
English Roots
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1200
Magma Carta
began the principle of the rule of law where it limits the role of government -
Mayflower Compact
settlers agreed to live civil body politics, they obeyed just and equal laws -
Period: to
Enlighten Period
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Virginia's House of Burgess
was the first elected assembly in the colony, the members chosen by voters in the colony -
Parliament
had power over monarchy -
Massachusetts Body of Liberties
which guaranteed certain rights per colonist. -
Hobbes and Locke
developed the social contract theory. Saying that people in society agreed to give up some of the freedom so the government could keep their security and general order -
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
people had once lived in a state of nature but it wasn't working. So to keep order, the people had to give up some of their rights -
English Bill of Rights
reaffirms the principle of individual rights made in the Magna Carta -
John Locke
came up with the idea of natural rights which include the right to life, liberty, and the ownership of property -
Period: to
Colonial Period
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Baron de Montesquieu
wrote a book that argued that governments should be organized so that not one person or a group can take over and dominate -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
thought that the governments had their responsibility to secure freedom for their people, and if they didn't they should die
