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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
Created to help the kind deal with the Barons, took power from the king and leveled the playing field. No one is more powerful than the law, all people deserve rights (SF: Democratic) - gave all free men the right to justice and a free trial. Revised multiple times, influenced many countries to develop their own variations, even influenced the declaration of independence Link text Link text -
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Mayflower Compact
When the sailors didn't make it to Virginia and instead stopped at Cape Cod MA. The contract was drawn up to ensure and aid survival and stated that they each would use their own liberty and decisions would be based on a majority vote system. (SF: Democracy)
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Peace of Westphalia
This peace treatise ended two wars, the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. Wars fought over religion (SF: Protestantism), The balance of power divided the Roman Empire into states, States recognize the validity of three religions Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Calvinism- Princes decided the religion of each state.
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Committees of Correspondence
Samuel Adams created the CoC to help colonies set up a system of government and organize to communicate about the British, helped unify colonies. Took over colonial government (SF: Democracy) Link text -
Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations
Thought to be the first work of economic thought (SF: Capitalism). Identified three factors that increased the wealth of a country - Division of Labor(splitting up tasks), Nature of Wages(Hard jobs get high wages, easy jobs get low wages) and Foreign Markets (trading with other countries leads to better products and better business). Link text Link text -
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John Maynard Keynes
Believed that most economic problems could be overcome. Tried to find a solution for unemployment. Felt that government should intervene to help increase employment by created jobs via investments like railroads bridges etc. Multiplier effect & The Bancor 1930's (Economic Possibilities for our grandchildren) 1936 (The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money) Link text Link text -
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Port Huron Statement
A nonideological call for participatory democracy, "both as a means and an end", based on non-violent civil disobedience and the idea that individual citizens could help make "those social decisions determining the quality and direction" of their lives.
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Martin Luther King: I have a Dream
A call to end racism with peaceful protest. The most popular and moving part of the speech was improvised "I have a dream" A huge step forward for the civil rights movement.
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Milton Friedman
1976 (Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences)
He believed the government should have minimal intervention in the free market. Believed in school vouchers, getting rid of medical licenses, negative income tax floating exchange rates and a voluntary military. Link text -
Derrick Bell
CRT recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of the American society. This is the analytical lens that CRT uses in examining existing power structures. CRT identifies that these power structures are based on white privilege and white supremacy, which perpetuates the marginalization of people of color.
Mid 1980's (Critical Race Theory)
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