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23 Cards in this Set
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1700s BC, (Babylonia) established laws of equal retaliation; discovered
at Susa in 1901 |
Code of Hammurabi
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200s BC, (Mauryan) spelled out his Buddhist-based policies; included Minor,
Major Rock, and Pillar Edicts |
Edicts of Ashoka
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313, Constantine the Great (Rome) legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire
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Edict of Milan
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438, compilation of opinions of Roman jurists by Antiochus Chuzon
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Theodosian Code
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534, Body of Civil Law compiled by Trebonianus for a Byzantine Emperor
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Justinian Code
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842, Charles II the Bald and Louis II the German allied against brother Lothair I; had
briefly imprisoned Lothair and dad Louis the Pious at Field of Lies in 833 |
Oath of Strasbourg
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1222, Hungarian nobles forced Andrew II to issue this
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Golden Bull
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1302, Boniface VIII asserted supremacy of the pope over secular leaders; ignored by
Philip IV (France) |
Unam Sanctum Bull
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1356, Charles IV (HRE) established rules for election of emperors in the HRE
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Golden Bull
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1438, Charles VII (France) limited papal authority in France
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Pragmatic Sanction
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1516, Francis I (France) obtained the right to appoint church officials without
papal approval |
Concordat of Bologna
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1521, Charles V (HRE) condemned the teachings of Luther
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Edict of Worms
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1598, Henry IV (France) granted partial religious freedom to Huguenots; revoked by
Louis XIV in 1685 |
Edict of Nantes
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1620, signed by Pilgrim Separatists led by Brewster and Bradford, establishing laws
for Plymouth colony |
Mayflower Compact
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1629, Ferdinand II (HRE) ordered return of Catholic land seized by Protestants
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Edict of Restitution
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1637, Hooker and Haynes established laws for colony; considered
first written constitution |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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1713, Charles VI (HRE) willed Hapsburg lands to daughter Maria Theresa
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Pragmatic Sanction
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1789, members of National Assembly vowed to create a constitution for France
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Tennis Court Oath
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1789, proclaimed by National Assembly during
French Revolution; ended divine right of kings and guaranteed personal freedoms |
Declaration of the Rights of Man
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1804, body of French civil law established by Napoleon; still used in Belgium, Louisiana,
and France |
Code Napoleon
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1832, Peel outlined his plan for the Conservative Party
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Tamworth Manifesto
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1956, opposition of southern congressmen to Brown v. Board of Education decision
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Southern Manifesto
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1962, manifesto of the Students for a Democratic Society by Tom Hayden
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Port Huron Statement
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