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influences on us government, justice 1000 bce, representative government…
influences on us government
justice 1000 bce
direct democracy 500 bce
decision making by all citizens
people should seek to create a just society based on respect for the law
representative government 500 bce
decision making by official elected from the citizenry
equality in the eyes of god 50 ce
everyone is equal
rule of law 1215
manga carta- king cannot sell deny or delay justice
limited government 1628
affirming the kings power was not absolute
individual rights1689
new individual rights granted to british subjects
Thomas Hobbs 1679
developed the notion of a social contract between rulers and their subjects
John Locke 1704
helped lay the foundations for democratic government
Baron de Montesquieu 1755
said power must be divided among different groups for democracy to work
Jean jacques Rousseau 1778
said people are naturally good but were corrupted and enslaved by society
1760 reversed the benign neglect
reversed by enforcing taxes and restrictions on the colonies
Britain won war in 1763
gained control of Canada and the Ohio valley
1765 stamp act
tax levied by parliament on all paper goods in the colonies raises cries
1767 townshend acts
place duties on goods imported into the colonies
1770 boston massacre
british soldiars kill 5 protesters
1773 boston tea party
colonists protest the tea act dump taxed tea into boston harbor
1775 fighting begins
militia troops skirmish with british soldiers, beggining america revolution
1776 decloration of independence
adopts a resolution declaring the colonies to be free
virginia decloration of rights 1776
served as model for other state constitutions
north ordinance 1787
established procedures for the creation of new states in north west territory
constitutional convention 1787
delegates from all states exept rhode island
ratiyfing states 1788
all but two states had ratified
first presidential election 1789
george washington won the election
washington placed his hand on bible
repeated his oath