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Magna CaRTA
Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. It is concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances relevant to the feudal system under which they lived. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. -
Petition Of Right
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document that sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing -
Fundemental Orders of Connecticut
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is a short document, but contains some principles that were later applied in creating the United States government. Government is based in the rights of an individual, and the orders spell out some of those rights, as well as how they are ensured by the government. -
John Locke's Two Treatises on Government
The First Treatise is a criticism of Robert Filmer’s Patriarcha, which argues in support of the divine right of kings. The Second Treatise consists of a short preface . Locke defines political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. In his view, these laws only work because the people accept them and because they are for the public good. -
English Bill of Rights
It lays down limits on the powers of the crown and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement for regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution -
Great Fundementals
The great fundamentals were a representation of the government and individual rights in American colonies. -
The Albany Plan
The Albany Plan of Union was a proposal to create a unified government for the Thirteen Colonies, suggested by Benjamin Franklin. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
Declarationf of independece to great britain. -
articles of confederation
an agreement among the 13 founding states that established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution -
Shay's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. -
The connecticut Compromise
An agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. -
Three Fifths Compromise
Each slave or non-free persons, would count as three / fifths of a person. -
The new jersey Plan
The New Jersey Plan was primarily a response to the Virginia Plan, and was presented at the Constitutional Convention.
providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state. -
The virginia plan
A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. -
U.S.Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. -
Northwest Ordinance
was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, passed July 13, 1787. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
