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Period: 1200 to 1500
Freedom through status
0.001% -
1215
Magna Carta
King John signed Magna Carta, limiting the monarch's power -
Period: 1500 to
Status-Freedom
feudalism-slavery -
Period: to
John Locke
John Locke was another prominent Western philosopher who conceptualized rights as natural and inalienable. Like Hobbes, Locke believed in a natural right to life, liberty, and property. -
Period: to
Individual Rights + Free
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The American Revolution
It occurred as the Thirteen Colonies fought for their independence from Great Britain -
Declaration of Independence
The American Congress issued the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the existence of a new country , the United States of America. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
The National Assembly (similar to House of Commons) passed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen,guaranteeing all French citizens their basic freedoms -
Bill of Rights
The U.S. Bill of Rights was giving civil rights to Americans -
Britain's Emancipation Act
abolished slavery throughout its empire. -
The 13th amendment
The 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery -
The 14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment addresses many aspects of citizenship and the rights of citizens. The most commonly used -- and frequently litigated -- phrase in the amendment is "equal protection of the laws", which figures prominently in a wide variety of landmark cases. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Internationalization
-social
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The United Nations
A new international organization was formed :the United Nations
