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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Common Law
Law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative branch or executive branch action. Pertains to our Government because we still punish and trial criminals this way. -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta Signed
the magna carta omits certain temporary provisions. the magna carta was the first document forced upon an English King by a group of his subjects. Even though its importance was recognized all of its clauses were repealed by the 1900's. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Seperation of Powers
The model was first developed in ancient Greece and came into use by the Roman Republic as part of the Constitution of the Roman Republic. it pertains to our powerenment because we still use it today in our states and federal states. -
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Colonial Legislatures
The colonial legislatures had a great deal of power including the ability to muster troops, levy taxes and pass laws.They became accustomed to these acts of power and were unwilling to relinquish these rights when Great Britain decided to return to the scene. Thats how our country ran at first and we still run like this with the draft and weapon making, thats why it pertains to our gov. -
Mayflower Compact Signed
It was written by the colonists, later known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Almost half of the colonists were part of a separatist group seeking the freedom to practice Christianity according to their own determination. -
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Written Constitutions
A constitution is a set of laws that a set of people have made and agreed upon for government, often as a written document, that enumerates and limits the powers and functions of a political entity. We have one in our country and had one writen for us in 1776. -
New England Confederation Approved
The United Colonies of New England, commonly known as the New England Confederation, was a political and military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven.Established May 29, 1643,[1] its primary purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies against the Native Americans. -
Thomas Hobbes- Leviathan
His Leviathan effectively developed a vocabulary for philosophy in the English language by using Anglicized versions of the technical terms employed by Greek and Latin authors.For Hobbes, that conception is bound to be a mechanistic one: the movements of physical objects will turn out to be sufficient to explain everything in the universe. -
John Locke- Two Treatises of Government
The Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.The First Treatise attacks patriarchalism by sentence-by-sentence refutation of Robert Filmer's Patriarcha and the Second Treatise outlines a theory of political or civil society based on natural rights and contract theory. -
English bill of Rights Established
The Bill of Rights is an act of the Parliament of England, whose title is An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.The Bill of Rights was passed by Parliment. It was a re-statement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
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Enlightenment
There are different meanings of Enlightenment. There is the period of "Enlightenment" and then there are people who thought they were more enlightened then others so they would try to enlighten them. -
Iroquois Confederation
The Iroquois Confederacy was a sophisticated political and social system. It united the territory of five nations in a symbolic "longhouse" that stretched across the present day New York.The original five nations of the Confederacy were divided into two groups: the Elders, consisting of the Mohawk, the Onondaga, and the Seneca; and the Younger, the Oneida and the Cayuga. -
Baron De Montesque-On the Spirits of Laws
The Spirit of the Laws is a treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu with the help of Claudine Guérin de Tencin. Its influence outside of France was aided by its rapid translation into other languages. Montesquieu spent nearly twenty years researching and writing the Spirit of Laws. -
Adopted Albony Plan of Union
The Albany Congress, also known as the Albany Conference, was a meeting of representatives from seven of the thirteen British North American colonies.Representatives met daily at Albany, New York from June 19 to July 11 to discuss better relations with the Indian tribes and common defensive measures against the French. -
Jean Jacque Rousseau- The Social Contract
His political philosophy heavily influenced the French Revolution, as well as the American Revolution. This pertains to our government because it heavily influences our modern political educational thought. -
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Sir John Blackstone- Copmmentaries on the Laws of England
The Commentaries were long regarded as the leading work on the development of English law and played a role in the development of the American legal system. They were in fact the first methodical treatise on the common law suitable for a lay readership since at least the Middle Ages. It took a role in the developement in the U.S. legal system. -
First Continental Congress Meets
First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met on September 1.the Congress was attended by 56 members appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that met beginning on May 10 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence. -
Declaration of Independence Signed
This is what all of the United States of America is based on, how it works, some laws. Fifty-six men, appointed by their fellow citizens of each Colony.Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate. The Second Continental Congress appointed a committee to draft the Articles in June 1776 and sent the draft to the states for ratification in November 1777.The ratification process was completed in March 1781. -
Constitutional Convention Meets
A week later than scheduled, delegates from the various states met in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. Among the first orders of business was electing George Washington president of the Convention.The main business of the Convention began when Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented and defended a plan for new structure of government called the "Virginia Plan" that had been chiefly drafted by fellow Virginia delegate, James Madison. They added to the Constitution. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution is the framework for the organization of the United States government and for the relationship of the federal government with the states, citizens, and all people within the United States. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the United States Federal government. -
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Parliament Established
Over the centuries, the English Parliament progressively limited the power of the English monarchy which arguably culminated in the English Civil War. The United States has a Parliament in its system. -
Enlightenment
