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Democracy Timeline - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 1215 Magna Carta: a charter of rights agreed to by King John
        
        1628 Parliament: highest legislature, a formal discussion of public affairs
        
        1689 English Bill of Rights: William III and Mary II became co-rulers in England. Bill gave specific civil and constitutional rights
        
        1760 Benign Neglect: Britain reversed policy by enforcing taxes
        
        1763 Britain Won French and Indian War
        
        1765 Stamp Act: a tax levied by Parliament on all paper goods in the colonies raises cries of "no taxation without representation
        
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        Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): french philosopher. He believed people were naturally good, but were corrupted and enslaved by society. "Man is born free"
        
        Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755): french aristocrat and political philosopher. Montesquieu believed democracy was the best form of government
        
        John Locke (1632-1704): political and theorist and philosopher whose ideas helped lay the foundation for a democratic gov.
        
        1641 New England's First Code of Laws: included freedom of speech, a right to bail, a right to jury trial, a right against cruel and unusual punishment, and a right against double jeopardy
        
        Thomas Hobbes (1588-16790): english philosopher who developed the notion of a social contract between rulers and their subjects
        
        1620 Mayflower Compact