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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta is an english chater was issued in 1215 and reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. which omit certain temporary provisions including the most direct challengesto monarchs authority. -
Dec 14, 1241
Parliament Established
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Oct 5, 1500
Iroquous Confederation
The League of the IROQUOUS, when first known to Europeans, was composed of this five tribes; Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca, and occupied the territory of the Conestoga tribe. -
Mayflower Compact Signed
A simple agreement to form a crucial government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations was agreed upon by the inhabitants of the new world. It was signed by 41 adult males, 11 of them with the exalted rank of "mister", promising to step toward a genuine government. -
Enlightnment
They believed that human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny and to build a better world. Their principal targets were religion and the domination of society by a hereditary aristocracy. -
New England Confederation Approved
A political and military alliance of the English colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven. The primary purpose was to unite the Puritan colonies against the Native Americans. It was established as a direct result of a war which started between the Mohegan and Narragansetts. It also provided for the return of fugitive criminals and indentured servants, and served as a forum for resolving inter-colonial disputes. -
Thomas Hobbes; Levithian
An english philosopher, remembered today for his work on Political Philosophy. Hobbes was a champion of absolutism for the sovereign but he also developed some of the fundamentals of the european liberal thoughts; the right of the individual, the natural equality of all men.. the artificial character of political order. which led to later disticntion of Civil Society and state. -
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John Locke- Two Treatises of Government
Locke was unhappy with this edition, complaining to the publisher about its many errors. For the rest of his life, he was intent on republishing the Two Treatises in a form that better reflected his meaning. Peter Laslett, one of the foremost Two The Two Treatises was first published, anonymously, in December of 1689. Locke scholars, has suggested that Locke held the printers to a higher "standard of perfection" than the technology of the time would permit -
English Bill of Rights
It was a re-statement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. -
First Continental Congress Meets
It was a convention of delegates from thirteen of the North American colonies, at Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia. -
Declaration of Independence signed
The United States Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and they were no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain. -
Constitutional Convention Meets
The Constitutional convention met in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787. -
Ratification of the Constitution
The ratification, or adoption, of the Constitution took place between September of 1787 and July of 1788. The Federal Convention, which had drafted the Constitution between May and September 1787, had no authority to impose it on the American people. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights protects everyones natural rights of personal and intellectual liberties and of property. Some of this rights are ; Freeedom of speech, Bear Arms, Free Press, and prohibiting the Federal, Government of depriving any person of Life. -
Commom Law
A law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. -
Separation of Powers
