2. Magna Carta
The country that Magna Carta was written for was England
It was written in 1215
Magna Carta is a document created for the purpose of limiting
the powers of the monarch and preserving the basic legal
rights of all free men in England.
The real significance of this document lies in the basic idea
that a ruler, just like everyone else, is subject to the rule of
law.
3. Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution took place in England during 1688.
William of Orange took over as King during the Glorious Revolution
The Magna Carta was the document that changed the power of Kings.
4. English Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights was written in 1689
By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing
with and suspending of laws, and the execution of
laws, without consent of parliament. By
committing and prosecuting divers worthy
prelates, for humbly petitioning to be excused
from concurring to the said assumed power.
5. The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a period of time characterized by breakthroughs in
thinking which steered the world away from religion and more and more toward
secularism, humanism, individualism, rationalism, and nationalism.Of all of
these, it was rationalism that more than any other concept defined the
Enlightenment, which was also called the “Age of Reason.”
The Enlightenment took place 17-1800s
It was important because it was a revolution for the people they stopped doing
what the church said and found out for themselves.
6. Charles-Louis Montesquieu
He was from La Brède near Bordeaux
He was most famous for The Spirit of Laws
7. John Locke
He was from Wrington, England
Lifespan 1632-1704
Natural right is distinguished from that of legal right. Natural rights are
those rights of any species that exist outside of artificial legal
contrivances.
8. Jean Jacques Rousseau
He was from Geneva, Switzerland
Lifespan 1712-1778
Social Contract-This is the belief that the state only exists to serve
the will of the people, and they are the source of all political power
enjoyed by the state. They can choose to give or withhold this power.
9. Thomas Jefferson
He was from Shadwell, Virginia
He was most famous for writing The Declaration of
Independence
Because not everyone was eligible to own land
