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May 10, 1215
Sighning of magna carta
- The Magna Carta was signed by King John on June 15, 1215 -The Magna Carta was signed by King John in a meadow at Runnymede in Egham, Surrey, South England ( between Windsor and Staines) -Key People relating to the event: King John of England, Archbishop Stephen Langton and the Barons
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British petition of rights.
-(1628) Petition sent by Parliament to King Charles I complaining of a series of breaches of law.
-a request to a police official that seeks to correct a wrong or to influence public policy.
-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. Passed on 7 June 1628, -
British bill of rights
- Bill of Rights[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689 -It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating) -These ideas about rights reflected those of the political thinker John Locke and they quickly became popular in England.
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America`s independance
-in 1776 america claims independance.
-Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
-In January 1776, just as it became clear in the colonies that the king was not inclined to act as a conciliator, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was published -
Cyrus the great
-Cyrus freed the slaves
-Cyrus the great concours babylon.
-Cyrus was the founder of Achaemenid Empire. -
Roman Empire
-principal of Natural slave
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-In 27 bc julias Caesar Octavianus was awarded the honorific title of Augustus by a decree of the Senate. -
ww1, and ww2
-World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918.
-World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.
-On 22 June 1941, Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa -
Gandi leads Indian protests.
-In 1915, Gandhi returned to India permanently. He brought an international reputation as a leading Indian nationalist, theorist and organizer.
-Gandhi took leadership of Congress in 1920 and began a steady escalation of demands
-Gandhi's first major achievements came in 1918 with the Champaran and Kheda agitations of Bihar and Gujarat. -
Gandhi- sets stage for indian independance.
-In March 1931, the Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed, and the government agreed to set all political prisoners free.
-were not set free and the death sentence for Bhagat Singh and his two comrades was not taken back which further intensified the agitation against
-In return, Gandhi agreed to discontinue the civil disobedience movement and participate as the sole representative of the Congress in the second Round Table Conference, which was held in London in September 1931. -
united nations
-The UN was founded in 1945 after World War II to replace the League of Nations
-The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945 upon ratification of the Charter by the five then-permanent members of the Security Council—France, the Republic of China, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States—and by a majority of the other 46 signatories.
-The first meetings of the General Assembly, with 51 nations represented, and the Security Council, took place in Methodist Central H -
universal decloaration of human rights
-The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at Palais de Chaillot, Paris
-It consists of 30 articles which have been elaborated in subsequent international treaties, regional human rights instruments, national constitutions and laws.
-The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitl -
1789 French evoultion.
-was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France.
- had a lasting impact on French history and more broadly throughout Europe.
-The Revolution caused a massive shift of power from the Roman Catholic Church to the state.
