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Magna Carta
Magna Carta is an English Charter. It was the first document forced onto an English king -
Mayflower Compact
was the first governing document of the plymouth colony. It was written by the people in colony. -
Enlightenment
The center of the Enlightenment was France, where it was based in salons and culminated. -
Two Treatise of Government
John Locke was the man who published the treaties anonymously in the year 1689. -
English Bill of Rights
the bill of rights cannot be altered in any realm except by the realm's own parliment and then by convention and as it touches succesion to the shared throne only with consent of all other realms. -
Spirit of Laws
The spirit of laws was published anonymously by Baron de Montesquieu. this law creates the seperation of powers, this is where the us gits the three branches of goverment idea. -
the social contract
the social contract is an intellectual device intended to explain the appropriate relationship between individuals and there goverment.(what is far what is not fare) -
state of nature
a state of nature is a term political philosophy used in social contract. -
Continental Congress
the contintial congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies. -
common sense
Thomas Paine published anonymously, but what many people didn't know common sense is a pamplet. -
Articles of Confederation
it s drafted in 1776-77 and started working constitution, although it was not formally ratified until 1781. dident want kings in far away lands telling us what to do so later the us constutiion took its place. -
natural rights
theoretically distinct according to philosophers and political scientist. NATURAL RIGHTS is reallity. Freedom are natural rights freedom to defend our selvs and our country
