1. The Revolutions
To me, a revolution is an attempt to overthrow political
leaders or the government.
Honors World History
Period 5
By Sienna Pillsbury
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2. Magna Carta
The
Magna
Carta
was
written
for
the
country
of
England
in
the
year
1215.
It
was
written
to
establish
that
the
government
had
to
go
through
parliament
before
taxing
people,
and
also
that
the
government
was
NOT
above
the
law.
Before
this,
there
was
no
official
form
of
law
in
this
country.
This
set
in
place
a
solid
set
of
rules
for
the
first
time.
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3. Glorious Revolution
The glorious revolution took place in England,
but was against the government of the English,
Welsh, and Scottish societies. At the beginning of
the revolution, King James ll was the king of
England. When the revolution ended, the new
leaders installed were King William lll and Queen
Mary ll. The document created as a result was
the English Bill of Rights.
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7. Rights
The English Bill of Rights was written and
passed in 1689. It was made to limit the
power of the monarch. The royals were no
longer allowed to interfere with the law, tax
people, ban people from using guns, and
many other things.
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8. The Enlightenment
The age of enlightenment took place in the 17th
and 18th centuries. It started in Europe, but slowly
worked its way towards America. The
Enlightenment was basically a time where people
were encouraged to break away from the ideas of
the church. During this period, many new and
exciting ideas came into play that we used as
stepping stones for today’s technologies. I think
that if it were not for this movement, we would be
much less advanced in many fields.
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9. Charles-Louis
Montesquieu
Montesquieu was born in Aquitaine, which is a
city in the southwest of France. He was a
philosopher who had many great works, but he is
most likely best-known for his theory of the
separation of powers. Back then, government was
controlled by only one group. His idea was new,
but over the years people started to accept it
more and more. The framers of the US
constitution even used this idea.
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10. John Locke
John Locke was a philosopher and physician from
Somerset, England. He lived a total of 72 years, which was
pretty long for someone during that time. He came up with
the philosophy of natural rights. This states that every person
has certain unalienable rights that include: life, liberty, and
the pursuit of property(which is often replaced by the pursuit
of happiness). The second part of this theory is that all men
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11. Jean Jacques
Rousseau
Rousseau was born in the Republic of
Geneva in 1712. He lived a total of 66
years (dying in 1778). The social contract is
a principle that states that both the
government and the governed (the people)
have certain rights and duties. This
contract helps keep up a healthy and
successfully run society.
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12. Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia in
1743. The most important document that Jefferson
wrote during his career was our country’s Declaration of
Independence. In the Declaration, it is stated that
everyone has the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.” This was taken from Locke’s original idea,
but modified so as to say happiness instead of property.
Jefferson decided to do this to broaden the idea and
open up more opportunities within that statement.
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