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Influences on the US Government, Justice 1000BCE, Representative…
Influences on the US Government
Justice 1000BCE
Direct Democracy 500BCE
Decision making by all citizens
Principles rooted in early Judaism which valued a just society
Representative Government 500BCE
Decisions made by government officials
Equality in the eyes of god 50CE
Rule of Law 1215
rights of a person to not be persecuted by any one person.
All people were created equal
Individual Rights 1689
A person's right to exist freely
Limited Government 1628
A kings power is not absolute
Thomas Hobbes
Developed the notion of social contract
John Locke
Governments are there to protect people's rights
Baron De Montesquieu
Democracy is the best form of government
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Man is born FREE
Massachusetts Body of liberties 1641
First laws made in New England that gave colonist guaranteed basic rights.
Benign neglect reversed 1760
England revered their law of no intervention and started taxing the colonists
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Stamp act 1765
Colonists demanded no taxation without representation
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Townshend acts 1767
Colonists boycott British goods
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Boston Massacre 1770
Protesters are killed by British soldiers
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Boston Tea Party 1773
Colonist protest British goods by throwing taxed tea into the harbor
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Fighting begins 1775
Militias fight British at Lexington and concord for the first time
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Deceleration of Independence 1776
Colonies declare themselves as free and independant states
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North West Ordinance 1787
Created procedure for new states in the northwest territory to follow for their declaration as a state.
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Constitutional convention 1787
Meeting between state officials and other important people 11 years after the constitution was signed.
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Constitution officially passed into practice 1787
39 out of 42 signed off on the constitution
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Federalist Papers Published 1787
Provided valuable insight into the world of politics and the thinking behind the constitution
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Constitution goes into effect 1788
Constitution is now legally in effect
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George Washington becomes president 1789
The United States now has its first ever official president!