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Sep 23, 1215
Magna Carta
Nobody would be avove the law. Not even the king or queen. -
Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims needed rules to govern themselves -
Fundamental Orders of Cennecticut
First written constution in America -
Glorious Revolution
Peaceful transger of power. No ruler would have more power than the parliament -
English Bill of Rights
- free elections
- fair trials
- no cruel or unusual punishment
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John Locke
Believed that all people possess natural rights that we are born with and government cant take away.
Life, liverty, and property. -
Baron de Montesquieu
Developed idea of seperation of powers, dividing government into branches so that no one can become too powerful -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
wrote "Social Contract" argued that people alone have rights to decide how they're governed.
