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  • 2200 BCE

    Ancient Greece

    Ancient Greece
    AN important civilization that existed from around 2200 BCE to 130 BCE that influenced American democracy.
  • 500 BCE

    Ancient Roman Empire

    Ancient Roman Empire
    The beginnings of a Representative government in 500 BCE to 476 CE
  • 689

    John Locke

    John Locke
    John Locke was an English philosopher who published a book about natural rights held by every human being.
  • 1100

    Iroquois

    Iroquois
    A group of native american tribes who formed an alliance to work together toward a common goal
  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Magna Carta
    The Magna Carta was written in 1215 by the English that applied that the king needs to follow the "law of the land".

  • Petition of right

    Petition of right
    a statement of civil liberties sent by the English Parliament to Charles I. Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure.

  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Paine was an English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary.

  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu
    A french thinker who wrote that power must be divided in givernment to prevent on part from becoming too powerful

  • English Bill of rights

    English Bill of rights
    An attachment to the constitution that protected all individual rights.