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2200 BCE
Ancient Greece
Democracy was created in Ancient Greece -
500 BCE
The Ancient Roman Empire
The Ancient Roman Empire was ruled using a monarchy but eventually changed to a democracy -
689
John Locke
He was the one who influenced the government to have a set of natural rights. -
1100
Iroquois
Native Americans that started an alliance to share a common goal -
1215
Magna Carta
The document that established the rule of law which states that no one is above the law -
Petition of Right
A petition sent by the English government -
English Bill of Rights
A set of laws that states basic civil rights -
Montesquieu
He wrote that the government must be divided to keep from one branch becoming more powerful than the other. -
Thomas Paine
His book common sense was used to ask for independence from Great Britain