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Influence on US Gov. - Coggle Diagram

- - - - equality in the eyes of god 50 ce
        
        Rule of Law 1215
        
        Limited government 1628
        
        Individual rights 1689
        
        Stamp Act 1765
        
        Townshend Acts 1767
        
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        place duties on goods imported into colonies
        
        Baron de Montesquieu 1689-1755
        
        French aristocrat that believed democracy was the best form of government
        
        Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778
        
        French philosopher believed that people were naturally good but corrupted and enslaved by society
        
        in 1760- Britain reversed the policy of benign neglect
        
        tax levied by Parliament "no taxation without representation"
        
        established in the Magna Carta by the English Bill of Rights
        
        John Locke 1632-1704
        
        English political theorist who helped lay the foundation for democratic government
        
        The Petition of Right underscored the principle by affirming that the kings power was not absolute
        
        Thomas Hobbes 1588-1679
        
        English philosopher developed notion of social contract between rulers and their subjects
        
        Mayflower- brought English colonists to Massachusetts in 1620
        
        Magna Carta established this