Formation of American Government

By madisonpeck
  • 510 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece created a voting right for citizens to vote for an issue that affected everyone
  • 150

    Ancient Roman Empire

    Help to develop a Democracy
  • 689

    John Locke

    Created individual rights and helped form the way we think about our own individual rights.
  • 1000

    Iroquois

    Influenced with their Native American Confederacy
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    One of the first documents to make the King subject to law

  • Petition of Right

    set out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing

  • English Bill of Rights

    The bill outlined specific constitutional and civil rights and ultimately gave Parliament power over the monarchy

  • Montesquieu

    Created the theory of separation of powers

  • Thomas Paine

    Wrote common sense that influences the Declaration of Independence