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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The 5th amendment of the Constitution was inspired by the "Law of the Land" claus of the Magna Carta. "No freeman is to be taken or imprisoned or disseised of his free tenement or of his liberties or free customs..." (Magna Carta) "no person shall . . . be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" (Fifth Amendment) -
Period: Jun 15, 1215 to
Marvin's Constitutional Timeline
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The Settlement of Jamestown
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Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a document to seperate themseleves from there king. It resembles like the US Constitution in a way where they were trying to seperate themselves from England. -
Petition of Rights
Its a document where it set certain liberties to the subject that the king is not allowed to trespass. It is also seen has a predecessor to the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th amendment. -
English Bill of Rights
Prohibition of cruel or unusual punishment. The same as the Eighth Amendment of the Constitiution -
Albany Plan of Union
Was a plan to place the British North American colonies under a more centralized government. -
Stamp Act Congress
The Stamp Act required the use of specially for virtually all business in the colonies -
First Continental Congress
