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Influence on US Gov., Mayflower Compact 1620, Fight with Great Britain…
Influence on US Gov.
Justice 1000 B.C.E
Direct Democracy 500 B.C.E
Representative Gov. 500 B.C.E.
Equality in the eyes of God 50 C.E.
Rule of Law 1215
Limited Gov. 1628
Individual Rights 1689
Thomas Hobbes 1679
John Lock 1704
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English political theorist and philosopher that believed people formed gov. to protect their rights, not themselves
English philosopher that established social contract between rulers and subjects
ensured the right to petition king, bear arms, and freedom from cruel or unusual punishment
affirmed that the kings power was not absolute
principle that gov. is based on clear and fair laws, no one is above them
everyones equal
decision making officials elected from the citizenry
the idea of a democracy
Seek to create a just society based on respect for laws
Mayflower Compact 1620
Virginias House of Burgesses 1619
Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Acts 1767
Boston Massacre 1770
1773-1774 Boston Tea Party & the Intolerable Acts
Fighting Begins 1775
Declaration of Independence 1776
Continental Congress adopts a resolution declaring the colonies to be free independent states
Militia troops fight against British soldiers at Lexington & Concord, starts the American revolution
Protesting colonists threw tea into the Boston Harbor, Britain then imposed the Intolerable Acts on them
Boston protesters provoked British soldiers, five people were killed, sparked the beginning of further protests
placed duties on goods imported into the colonies
Americans need to buy the stamps for their mortgages, liquor, deeds, etc.
first elected assembly in the colonies
citizens agreed to obey just and equal laws along with the civil body politic
Fight with Great Britain Ends 1781
Articles of Confederation 1777
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Revision of the Articles of Confederation 1786
Constitutional Convention 1787
Constitution was signed 1787
signed by 39 of the 42 delegates present, it was then up to the states to decided if this was going to work
delegates form all states came together at the Independence Hall
called for a constitutional convention to meet in Philadelphia, the delegates scrapped the Articles and created a new constitution
established procedures for creating states in the Northwest territory
British army of Yorktown, Virginia surrenders
approved by congress and sent to the states for formal approval