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(500-401 BC). The history of Greece can be traced all the way back to Stone Age hunters. Later came farmers and the civilizations of kings. Followed by the Dark Ages.
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Guaranteed people certain rights. Bound the king to certain laws.
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The Mayflower Compact was based on majority rule. They agreed to choose their leaders and make their own laws.
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Hobbes is the founding father of modern political philosophy. He influenced federalists in arguenements to adopt the Constitution.
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Believed that representative government was the only reasonable kind of government. Locke's political ideas were put into the United States Declaration of Independacne and the United States Constitution.
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LImited the power of the English sovereign. Was written as an act of Parliament.
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Believed freedom was the most important thing. Social contract and the importance of individual freedoms was his idea.
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Believed Seperation of Powers was the most important thing. Influenced the authors of the Constitution in establishing laws and division of duties.
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Ended the American Revolutionary War. In the treaty, Great Britian recognized the the former American colonies as independent/sovereign states.
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Believed Religion and freedom were the most imprtant things. HIs belief in Religion and freedom from government infuenced the 1st Amendment to the Constitution.
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Helped form a society dedicated to economic, political, and administrative reform. He published an essay about crimes and punishments.
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The First Continental Congress comprised of delegates from the colonies. Also served as the government of the 13 American colonies.
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The Second Continental Congress came together after the American Revolutionary War had already begun. Five years later, the Congress ratified the first national constitution also known as the Articles of Confederation.
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The Declaration of Independence is what lead to our independence from King George III. Justified our right to rebel against a government that didn't guarantee us our natural rights.
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The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States. It made the union of the thirteen colonies legal.
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Shay's Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests from farmers. It was the uprising of popular support that wanted to increase taxes higher than they already were.
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The purpose of the Philadelphia Convention was to fix any of the porblems they were facing. The result of the Convention was the United States Constitution.
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(509-49 BC). Ancient Rome was the largest city. From Rome, military decisions were taken, and the wealth they earned was invested for buildings.