1. Laurann Fowler - Period 3
THE REVOLUTIONS
Revolution: the defeat or overthrow of a government, and
change in order of the government’s social system.
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2. THE MAGNA CARTA
The Magna Carta was written for England.
It was written in 1215.
The Magna Carta made it harder for kings to tax
people, for they had to go through other people
to do so. The Magna Carta made it so that the
kings required approval to tax.
This was a form of “rule of law” because it stated
laws that everyone had to follow, including kings.
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3. THE GLORIOUS
REVOLUTION
The Glorious Revolution also took place
in England.
William III took over the throne due to
this revolution.
As a result of this revolution, the Bill of
Rights was written. This document was
a set of rights that all people were
entitled to, making the kings less
powerful, and making them consider the
people more than they did prior to the
revolution.
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4. THE ENGLISH BILL OF
RIGHTS
The Bill of Rights was written on April 11, 1689.
The Bill of Rights gave rights to the people of England. It
changed the law so that kings no longer had complete power
over everyone. It limited the kings rights and increased
everyone else’s.
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5. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The Age of Enlightenment was a period in history
in which many new ideas were brought about, and
many old ideas were challenged. The time period
included many scientific advances, and took place
in many different countries all over the world.
The Enlightenment started around 1650, and
ended around 1800.
This period in history is significant because many
advances in both society, and science were made
during this time period. During the Enlightenment
people started to think for themselves instead of
just believing whatever they were told. Many
people branched out with their minds and started
to figure out how things in the world really work,
or how they could work better.
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6. CHARLES-LOUIS
MONTESQUIEU
Charles-Louis Montesquieu was from France.
He was a French jurist and a political philosopher, and is
significant in history because his ideas influenced the
American Revolution and the founders of the U.S.
Constitution.
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7. JOHN LOCKE
John Locke was from England.
He lived from 1632 to 1704.
He believed in natural rights, rights
that every person is naturally born with
and cannot be denied of. Natural
rights come from the belief of natural
law, which in-tails that everyone is
born as a creature of nature or God,
giving them rights that cannot be
violated by any person, society, or
government.
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8. JEAN JACQUES
ROUSSEAU
He was a philosopher
from Geneva,
Switzerland.
He is known for his
political philosophy which
was a strong influence on
the French Revolution.
He also wrote many well-
known novels.
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9. TOMAS JEFFERSON
Tomas Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia.
He is most famous for being the author of the Declaration of Independence.
While writing the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson changed the natural rights from, “Life, liberty, and
property,” to “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” because he believed that John Locke was not right in
saying that. He believed that “property” was too specific and would not be broad enough for future reference. He
also thought that property was something that people had to be able to afford, making it something that people
are not automatically given. He thought that it was too greedy of a term for the Declaration of Independence.
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