2. Magna Carta
agna Carta was wr itten for England
a was the M
The M agna Cart
g most of
first st ep in takin
s power.
the king and queen
to get pe rmission
They had rliament.
to ta x from pa
he m agna
T
was
Carta in
It was a fo w ritten
rm of rule
law in the in 1215
way it lim
power and ited
gave peop
little more le a
power.
3. Glorious Revo
lution
k place in England
The glori ous revolution too
er during
ge took ov
Willia m of oran
volution.
the g lorious re
The Bi
ll of
Rights
was
the
docum
ent
that
came f
rom
the Glo
rious
Revolu
tion.
4. The En
lighten
ment
The enlight enment occurred e in the 18th
Was a p eriod of tim
i n the 18 century. n intellectual
c entury whe
ained. Also
know ledge was g e
hers said th
Europe an philosop
as the best
use of reason w
the truth.
method for learning
People started
questioning th
e
old ideas of
science, politi
cs,
and religions.
5. Montesquieu
Charles-Louis
Charl
es-Loui
s Mon
is from tesqu
france ieu
.
the ide a of the
p
He came u
three
eparate
and to s
br anches thirds.
er into
t he pow
6. John
Locke
John Locke believed that
the government existed to
protect peoples natural
rights. Some of the rights
included owning
property, to not be
physically harmed, and
the right to a productive
John Locke wa
s from England existence.
.
1632-1704
7. June 28, 1712 - July
2,1778
rom Geneva
R ousseau was f
The social contract was basically a
way of explaining the governments
relationship with the people it
governed. The document also
explained sme of the duties of
citizens and the government set in
place for the political world.
ousseau
acques R
Jean J
8. The “pursuit of
happ iness” made it
univer sal and unselfish
comp ared to property.
Als o not everyone
cou ld get property
insta ntly happiness is
eas ier to come by.
He was most
famous for writing
the declaration of
independence.
was
Jeffe rson
s
homa nited Sta tes in
T
the U ...duh.
Thomas Jefferson
born ginia
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