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Jul 6, 1189
Englands Common Law
This system of law states that decisions rest on the court rather than regulations made by lawmakers. The common law came about because people felt that they needed rules to live by. Those costums led to the force of law and courts. -
Jan 21, 1215
Magna Carta
This is a document in which the nobles rebelled against the king and made him sign this so he would stop treating them harshly. This document also gave them authority and made sure no one at all was above the law. This had a long lasting affect because we still put no one above the law. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First government in Colonial America. Form of representative government which associated with Jamestown. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims -
Fundamental Orders Of Conneticut
The Fundamental Orders of Conneticut was a blueprint for the modern day Constitution because it contained a central government linked to local governments, three separate branches of government, and a representative government unlike the one of Britain. This created what is know today as a federalist governmnet. -
Enlightenment
It was an age of enlightened despots like Fredrick The Great, who unified, rationalized and modernized Prussia. It was also a time of religious innovation, as Christians sought the reposition of their faith along rational lines and deists and materialists argued that the universe seemed to determine its own course without God’s intervention. -
Glorious Revolution
The revolution against James II or the sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution. They rebelled becasue the monarch situation was bad. In the end Williams and Mary made a joint monarch. -
English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights were written to limit the power of English soveereign and was written as an act of Parliament. The King and Queen William and Mary accepted the English Bill of Rights as a condition of their rule.
