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Jun 25, 1215
magna carta
This document was created a law to make sure that kings could and would not get full power. -
Thomas Hobbes
He was a founder of political philosophy and political science. -
mayflower compact
was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. -
petition of rights
Its rules were definitely not new they were just enhanced. -
John Locke
John locke is considered the father of natural rights. -
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Enlightment
a spread of intellectual, philosophical, cultural, and social movement that spread through England, France, Germany, and other parts of Europe during the 1700s. -
Montesquieu
He came up with the idea to seperate the system by having three branches which are legislative, executive, and judicial -
english bill of rights
The Parliament of England passed the Bill of Rights on December 16, 1689. -
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Great Awakening
It was a wave of religious revival sweeping through New England that increased conversions and church membership. -
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The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
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The second Congress
The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Virginia Declaration of rights
a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government. -
Rousseau
Rousseau was a writer, composer and philosopher, his first opera "Les Muses Galantes," led to a friendship with Voltaire. -
articles of confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution of the United States. Stemming from wartime urgency, its progress was slowed by fears of central authority and extensive land claims by states before was it was ratified, or made effective, on March 1, 1781. -
Shays Rebellion
Shays’ Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.