assignment 2.1

1. Assignment 2.1
By Forest Workman

2. Magna Carta
• The Magna Carta was made for England.
• It was written on 1215.
• It made it so that the king had to follow the
law.
• The king was not above the law his power
was limited.

3. Glorious Revolution
• It took place the in England.
• King James the ll took over as king.
• The english bill of rights.

4. The English bill of rights
• It was written in 1689
• It limited the power of the king and queen
and they were just a figure head. It gave
everyday people more rights.

5. The Enlightenment
• It was also know as the age of reason.
• It was an elite cultural movement
intellectuals in the 18th century.

6. Charles-Louis
Montesquieu
• He was from France
• He held public office in Bordeaux.

7. John Locke
• He is from Wrington Somerset
• He lived from 1632 to 1704
• Natural rights are considered to be self-
evident or universal. They are not from
laws, rules, religion, or beliefs just common
sense.

8. Jean Jacques Rousseau
• From Geneva
• Lived from 1712 - 1778
• The social contract was like principals of
political right. To determine wether there
can be a political authority.

9. Thomas Jefferson
• He wrote the declaration of independence
• He was from Virginia
• He changed it because it was based off of
his morals.