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Period: Jan 1, 1200 to
Constitional influences timeline
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Feb 18, 1215
Magna Carta
People wanting property rights, a due process of the law, and a fair trail. Limiting the powers of the king. -
Mayflower oompact
Create a government for the purtians and leaving England for Virginia colony. Making laws and -
English Bill of Rights
Expanding the rights of the parliament and the people , while limiting the powers of king. -
John Locke
Believed that you had natural rights(life, liberty, and property) and social contract which is people agree to give up some freedoms if the government protect everyone's rights. -
Montesquieu
He called the English Government the separation of powers. He wanted people to follow the rules and people to separate but equal. -
Cato's Letter
The authors argued against the king's heavy rules and became popular. -
Rousseau
He believed that a government's purpose is to protect liberty, or freedom, and to help people get along. He thought the best government was a democracy -
Common Sense
Many people were thinking about breaking away from Britain, and Thomas Paine explained some arguments for independence in a way that people could understand.
