Events leading up to the Constitution -Blaskow

By stephblaskow
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    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece was a Greek civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity
  • Jun 15, 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta was the first document imposed upon a King of England by a group of his subjects, the feudal barons, in an attempt to limit his powers by law and protect their rights.

  • May Flower Compact

    This document was drafted in 1620 prior to settlement by the Pilgrims at Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. It declared that the 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and participate in a government in the best interest of all members of the colony.

  • John Locke

    A philosopher who believed that all men were created equal.His expression of revolutionary ideas such as Natural Rights and the Social Contract.

  • Thomas Hobbes

    He was known to be in state of nature is selfish, competitive, and amoral. Morality only appears when we enter into society, and it is backed up by the coercive power of the sovereign

  • English Bill of Rights

    The bill of rights
    Lays down limits on the powers of the sovereign and sets out:
    - the rights of the Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament
    - The requirement to regular elections to Parliament
    - the right to petition in the monarch without fear of retribution

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Enlightment Thinker that came up with the idea of a social contract and disagreed with the idea of absolute monarchy. He thought the only "good" government was one freely formed by the people.

  • Baron De Montesquieu

    He believe that any person in power group will try to take power, that they searched to control government and the
    separation of powers
    1. legislative
    2. executive
    3. courts
    and Liberty as natural right.

  • Voltaire

    He believed favor of tolerance, freedom of religion, and free speech against French government and Christianity.

  • Cesare Beccaria

    Believed that some punishments were for too punitive/excessive that they could never be justified. He was an Italian philosopher whose main focus was legal reform; published "On Crimes and Punishment" in which he attacked torture and capital punishment; also, he believed in speedy trials and fair punishment

  • First Continetal Congress

    First continental congress was designed for a meeting where members could share concerns about the tensions with the british throughtout the colonies.

  • Second Continental Congress

    Which group met in Philadelphia in May 1775 to make decisions after The Battle of Lexington & Concord. John Hancock was president of this group.

  • Declaration Of Independence

    This document was written by Thomas Jefferson. This document declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new government. Richard Henry Lee proposed it. John adams asked Jefferson to write the independence. It went into effect July 4,177

  • Articles of Confederation

    This document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage.

  • Treaty of Paris

    It was negotiated in Paris, France. The Treaty of Paris was a letter for the colonies to get more land and area to build and fit more people in.The main purpose of the Treaty was so Britian no longer had any claim on the land or goverment abd the boundaries of the United States allowed the western expansion.The Treaty was ratified on January 14, 1784 by King George III.

  • Shay's Rebellion

    A rebellion by debtor farmers in western masschusetts led by revolutionary war captain Daniel Shays. Hint Shay's rebellion. It began in 1786 and lasted half a year, threatening the economic interests of the business elite and contirbuting to demise of the Articles of Confederation.

  • Philadelpia Convention

    The convention recommended by the Annapolis Convention was held in Philadelphia. All of the states except Rhode Island sent delegates, and George Washington served as president of the convention. The convention lasted 16 weeks, and on September 17, 1787, produced the present Constitution of the United States, which was drafted largely by James Madison.

  • Ancient Rome

    Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. It was founded 753 BC