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Ten Commandments to apply equally to all people,even kings, and sets forth rule for a fair trial
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Biblical idea of covenant
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special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure.
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special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure.
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it protected people from unjust punishment by the government
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Pilgrims governed themselves by a contract. This was a huge on our government and Constitution
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The Constitution of Connecticut had a huge influence on the Founders of America.
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In 1688 the English Parliament removed King James II.
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The members of the upper chamber were the first sons of noble families .And The Us Senate is the upper chamber in the American congress.
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The members of the lower chamber were elected and were often the younger sons of noble families. The US House of Representatives is the lower chamber in the American Congress.
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intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s. Developed rational laws to describe social behavior and applied their finding in support of human rights
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A struggle between French and British over lands in what is now western Pennsylvania and Ohio led to the start of the war.
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The king and his ministers levied taxes. The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed the first direct tax on the colonists required them to pay a tax of legal documents, pamphlets, and even playing cards.
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Used in courts of England since the Middle Ages.
Common law and its commentaries is based on custom, usages, and general principles found in court decisions . -
Colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston harbor
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Delegates from every colony except Georgia met in Philadelphia for the Congress.
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All thirteen colonies meet in Philadelphia
Assumed powers of a central government.
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One of most famous documents in world history. No government before in world history had been founded on the principles of human liberty and consent of the governed.
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Didn’t go into ineffective immediately because it had to be approved by all thirteen states.
By March 1781 all thirteen stated had ratified -
the legal document of the united states .