The document discusses several important historical documents and figures from the Enlightenment period that helped shift power away from monarchs and establish concepts of individual rights and consent of the governed, including: - Magna Carta (1215) - Limited the power of the English monarch and preserved legal rights for free men. Established the basic idea that a ruler is subject to rule of law. - Glorious Revolution (1688) - William of Orange took the English throne, further reducing monarch power established by Magna Carta. - English Bill of Rights (1689) - Addressed the king's dispensation and suspension of laws without parliamentary consent. - Enlightenment thinkers like Montes