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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Constitutional Influences
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
Nobles rebelled against King John who was a harsh ruler. They Forced him to sign an agreement. it granted equal treatment under the law. It Limited the power of the monarch by guaranteeing that no one would be above the laws. -
Mayflower Compact
A group of colonist from england known as pilgrams wrote a written plan for government. they relized if they were to survive on a new land they would need new laws. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
First Written Constitution called an Assembly of reprenstatives from each town to make laws. It was a popular election of a governer and judges. -
Glorious Revolution
Paraliament removed King James II from his throne and invited is daughter Mary and her husband Williams to rule instea . It was a peaceful transfer of power. No ruler would have more power than the Paraliament -
English Bill of Rights
Furthered the monarch's power. it guarteented free elections, the right to a fair trail, and elmination of creul and unusal punishments. -
John Locke
He Claimed that peropel were born free, equal, and independent. he claimed that everyone had natrual rights that the government couldn't take that away. -
Baron de Montesquieu
delvoped the sepration of powers. he divided the government into different parts to balance the power. he did that so that nobody gets to much power. -
Jean- Jacques Rousseau
published that "Men are born free, yet everyday where he is found in chains. " Aruged that the people alone had the right to detirmine how they should be governed.
