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8 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation
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1st American attempt at government
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United States Constitution
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highest law in the land; blueprint for American government
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Declaration of Independence
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a list of grievances against the English kind and Parliament AND the reasons for declaring freedom from England
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John Locke
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ideas of natural law and social contract between the rulers and the people they govern
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Mayflower Compact
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1st plan of self-government in the English colonies
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Magna Carta
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1215: Required the king to give up certain rights, respect legal procedures (Parliament) and said that not even the king was above the law; the influence of this document can be seen in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights
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English Bill of Rights
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1689: A statement of positive rights that a citizen should have in a free and democratic society
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Montesquieu
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a French philosopher who wrote about the concept of 'separation of powers'
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