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Charters and Agreements

Magna Carta - refers to the agreement made by King John of England and the rebel barons . Generally , this defined the property rights of the citizenry example : one cannot be imprisoned due to debt . As one would notice , the US Constitution is loaded with provisions that are parallel to this charter

Mayflower Compact - refers to the agreement of the Separatists and the colonial government of the Plymouth colony granting the former freedom to practice Christianity (dissimilar to the Anglican Church . In the US Constitution , the right to practice religious

beliefs is a fundamental right (derived from the compact

Articles of Confederation - the first act of the Continental Congress aiming to establish the Federal Republic of the United States Generally , it led to the establishment of the federal and state governments , with each functions clearly defined

Northwest Ordinance - this is an act of the Congress of the Confederation which sought to establish the so-called Northwest Territory ' In due time , the area under this territory would be recognized as member-states of the union

Declaration of Independence - a declaration of the US Congress declaring US independence and renouncing the tyranny of George III . The first fundamental rights in the US Constitution (Bill of Rights ) were essentially derivatives of the declaration

Philosophers and Philosophies

Thomas Hobbes - argued that the state is the summation of individual will , transferred to a single powerful individual (Leviathan . The ruler must be both the head of state and of the church . His philosophy was derived mainly from...