The document summarizes several important revolutions and documents throughout history:
1) The Magna Carta established limited power for monarchs over the people in Medieval England in 1215 with 63 clauses.
2) The Glorious Revolution saw William III become King of England in 1688 and reaffirmed rights established in the Magna Carta.
3) The English Bill of Rights, written in 1689, enshrined new laws to protect individual rights from infringement.
1. The Revolutions
Tristen Polkenhorn
10/4/11
World History
Period 5
2. Magna Carta
• The Magna Carta
was written for
Medieval England
• It was written on
June 1215
• It Made it to were
the monarchies
would have
limited power
towards the
people
• There were 63
clauses that
know one was
above.
3. Glorious Revolution
• In England, 1688
• William III became the
King of England.
• The document was the
Magna Carta
•
4. The English Bill of Rights
• The Bill of Rights was
written on 1689
• There were laws written
on it that gave people
rights. It was written to
protect the rights from
infringement.
5. The Enlightenment
• When European
philosophers
stressed the use of
reason was the best
method for learning
the truth. It Was also
called the Age of
Reason.
• In the 18th Century
• It was important
because it made the
USA improve
mentally and
improve in
technology
6. Charles Louis
Montesquieu
• La Bréde, Gironde,
France
• He thought of the
separation of state
power.
7. John Locke
• He was from
Wrington,
Somerset,
England
• August 29, 1632 -
October 28, 1704
• Two types of
rights
theoretically
distinct to
philosophers and
political
scientists. They
are considered to
be self-evident
and universal.
8. Jean Jaques Rousseau
• Geneva, The Republic
of Geneva
• June 28, 1712 - July
2, 1778
• an intellectual device
intended to explain
the appropriate
relationship between
individuals and their
governments.Social
contract arguments
assert that
individuals unite into
political societies by
a process of mutual
consent
9. Thomas Jefferson
• Shadwell, Virginia
• The Declaration of
Independence
• Many people didn’t fully
understand the meaning of
property so he changed it
to Pursuit of Happiness for
people to understand