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Magna Carta
King John was forced to sign it. It limits government powers like the constitution. Freedom of Religion is another example. The us constitution used ideas from the Magna Carta, such as protection of our rights. -
Mayflower compact
The first form of government we had as the pilgrims came to america. It instituted a democracy for the us. They wanted to have freedom of religion and some rights. They made laws to abide by. These laws and rules are used in the us constitution as well, and we still refer to many ideas from the compact. -
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council. It has the features of a written constitution, and is considered as the first colonial Constitution, and earned Connecticut its nickname of The Constitution State. This relates to the us constitution, because it helped give a good start on it. Restricts to 2 years in political office. -
English Bill of Rights
the english bill of rights gives rights and liberties to the people. Separation of powers, and the first ten amendments in the us constitution. it is the intro for the us constitution. -
first continental congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was called in response to "The passage of the Coercive Acts" (also known as Intolerable Acts by the Colonial Americans) by the British Parliament. Asked the king for Direct Representation. Stop trade with the British. Relates to the us constitution by independence. It was a struggle for independence which we have due to the constitution. -
second continental congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that, soon after warfare, declared the American Revolutionary War had begun. It succeeded the First Continental Congress. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. The term "Declaration of Independence" is not used in the document itself. -
Artices of confederation
The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement among all thirteen original states in the United States of America that served as its first constitution. Its drafting by a committee appointed by the Second Continental Congress, and an approved version was sent to the states for ratification in late 1777. This gave the central gov't some power, and influenced the us constitution to included these similarities. -
The Virginia Plan
The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. -
New Jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan, which called for two houses of Congress, both elected with apportionment according to population. -
3/5 compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. Slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes. The compromise was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman. It influenced the right to vote which is stated in constitution.
