2. Magna
Carta
England
15th of June in 1215
It reduced the power of the
king.
No person is above the law,
not even the king
3. Glorious Took place in the british
isles.
revolution William III of Orange
English bill of rights
4. English
Bill of rights
Written in 1689
It regulated the power of the
king.
No roman catholic can ever rule
england again.
5. Enlightenment
a European movement
between 1700-1800 bc
emphasizing reason and
individualism rather than
tradition.
In england
Because it was more beneficial to
Individuals.
6. Charles-Louis
Montesquieu
Gironde, France
A social commentator and a
political thinker. Lived during
the age of enlightenment.
Famous for Separation Of
Powers thought.
7. John Locke
Essex, England
1632-1704
Life: everyone is entitled to live
once they are created.
Liberty: everyone is entitled to do
anything they want to so long as it
doesn't conflict with the first right.
8. Jean Jacques
Rousseau
Geneva
1712-1778
“Every law the people have not
ratified in person is null and
void — is, in fact, not a law.”
“The legislative power belongs
to the people, and can belong to
it alone.”
9. Thomas
Jefferson
Shadwell, Virginia
United State Constition
He switched “Property” to
Slide 8- Thomas Jefferson (Insert
“pursuit of hapiness” picture of him)
-Where was he from? :)
-What is he most famous for
because of the emotional writing?
-Why did he switch the words
from "property" to "the pursuit of
happiness"?
effect on the readers
