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Jan 26, 1215
Magna Carta
A faous document issued to established for the first time the principle that everybody, including the king, was subject to the law. To this day it is stillapart of the british consititution. -
Jan 26, 1517
The Ninety-Five Theses
Written by Martin Luther and are widely regarded as the initial catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. -
Mayflower Compact
The first governing document of Plymouth Colony written by the Pilgrams escaping from the grasp of the English -
Peace of Westphalia
European settlements of 1648, which brought to an end the Eighty Years’ War between Spain and the Dutch and the German phase of the Thirty Years’ War. The peace was negotiated, from 1644, in the Westphalian towns of Münster and Osnabrück. -
Declaraction of Independance
Document That established the 13 American colonies and seperate from Great Britian -
U.S Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America that defines are legal system and right of the people. -
The Federalist Paper
The Federalist is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution -
Common Lands Enclosure Act
The legal process in England during the 18th century of enclosing a number of small landholdings to create one larger farm. Once enclosed, use of the land become restricted to the owner, and it ceased to be common land for communal use. -
Democracy in America
In the book, Alexis de Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over the past seven hundred years. -
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
A convention to discuss the rights of women. The conclusion of this convention was that the effort to secure equal rights across the board would start by focusing on suffrage for women. -
Ain't I a Woman
speech by Sojourner Truth that concerned both abolition of slavery and women's rights. This speech had a very large impact. -
The Gettysburg Address
Speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War -
Max Weber
t is an ethic, and the individual is seen as having a duty to prosper. This is the spirit of modern capitalism. While capitalism -
Port Huron Statement
A manifesto of the North American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) -
Martin Luther King's I have a dream speech
Famous Speech from Martin Luther protesting racism in the US. Fought for equality. -
The Wealth of Nations
The scottish version of the Magna Carta -
Civil Society
Written by Robert D. Putnam he argued that strong and prosperous societies rest upon community relationships and mutual trust, what he called “social capital.”