Constitution Timeline

During the early years of our nation, there was struggle to finding a government that worked for the people. In the late 18th century philosophers began to strongly criticize the governments that were being dominated by monarchy and imperialism. The new beliefs in democracy, freedom for individuals of society, and the importance of human interactions led to the makings of the Constitution. Even though the ideas coming from everyone was far from an agreement, they were certain on their admiration of direct democracy and the restraints on that democracy. Their challenge in creating a government, was to strike a balance between liberty and order. Many documents built the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Declaration of Rights. For example, Second Treatise of Civil Government, The Spirit of Laws, Social Contract, The Virginia Declaration of Rights, and Common Sense.

The Magna Carta was signed in 1215 by King John of England, it limited the power of the king meaning he was no longer above the law and had to follow the law. The citizens also gained some new rights, including, they can’t be charged for any crimes without a form of witness, and no new taxes without discussing with the people about it. The document made a influenced the modern day common law and many constitutional documents, including the United States Constitution.

The United States Constitution has been heavily influenced by outside sources that took place throughout history. However, not all people know of these influences and their impact on our nation. In this work, we will look at just a few of these documents that shaped America into what it is today. These documents include the Magna Carta, which affected many of the rights Americans have today, the Social Contract, which is from a series of works shaping how people believed they had rights that could not be taken away, and the English Bill of Rights, which has to do with how much power the government gets and how it maintains that power.

The Magna Carta has been a standout amongst the most productive and important documents in history. English Nobles created this paper. They made it to limited the power of the king, protect peoples rights, due process, to show the king has to follow all the same laws the people on his land follow too and many others. The Magna Carta influenced the executive historical process that led to the Rule of Constitutional law, the development of the Common Law, Charters of Freedom and Gettysburg Address. Notably, the U.S Constitution. The following quote from the U.S Constitution supports that is was influenced by the Magna Carta "no person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law." The Magna Carta's has become

The Federalist Papers, written in New York by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, during the years of 1787 and 1788, were a collection of eighty-five essays that were written to augment and garner support and to defend those concepts set forth in The Constitution of the United States of America (hereafter “The Constitution”), which had not yet been ratified. The Federalist Papers not only championed The Constitution, but they also explained how the new government would operate in the United States as further detailed below. It was crucial to the success of the new country that The Constitution be ratified; and Jay, Hamilton and Madison were prepared to do anything they could to see to the documents, as well as the United States, success.

The Magna Carta is a document that was originally created in the year of 1215. This name is presented in the Latin Language, meaning The Great Charter. A charter is a written endowment by a country’s legislation by which an institution, or in this case, government,

Another document that influenced the “birth” of the United States is the magna carta, a book written by king John and Stephen Langton, which influenced the writing of the constitution by providing an outline for democracies, such as the United

The Constitution, a document crafted by our founding father, is the very roots of our nation. The Constitution was not written over night, in fact, it took the minds of many intellectuals who studied past government systems and stood for one main idea, limitation of government and the freedom of the people. A European philosopher, known as John Locke, stood for the natural rights of human beings, which is a massive concept in our Constitution. Another main point that impacted our Constitution was the Petition of Rights, which laid out basic freedoms that the government couldn't interfere with. Lastly, the Articles of Confederation, was created, and ended up being the base for our Constitution we have today. John Locke, the Petition of Rights, and the Article of Confederation all had major impacts on the creation of our Constitution.

Magna Carta, which means The Great Charter in Latin, was a key document created in 1215 in order to keep the kings from abusing their powers. Before it was established, the kings were above the law. For example, if a noble asked a king to pay for the firewood the king cut down from his land, the noble could be thrown in jail simply because the king wished for it to happen. In 1215, the nobles and lords became tired of, the ruler at the time, King John’s ways, so they started a rebellion. After the capture of London by the nobles, King John felt threatened and therefore started negotiating with them.

The Federalist Papers are a collection of 85 essays and articles written by three of the most prominent men in early United States history: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. All of these essays were written to try to ratify the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The collection's original title was The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the 20th century.

Between May 25, 1787 and September 17, 1787, the constitution was written and on September 17, 1787, it was signed by 39 of 55 delegates and secretary, William Jackson who signed just to authenticate the document. The constitution is made up of three main parts the preamble, articles and amendments. The preamble is that short paragraph with those famous three words “We the people” and it just states the point of the constitution.

The focus of the paper is to learn what led to the formation of the U.S. Constitution. First, it’s

Magna Carta (1215) was considered a landmark document regarding limiting the power of a ruler. It was a direct challenge to King John of England and declared that no freeman could be punished without use of the law of the land. Although many of its provisions were repealed within one hundred years of its signing, it still stands as revolutionary in its boldness and challenge of authority. “The Great Charter" drawn up on the field at Runnymede on June 15, 1215 between King John and his feudal barons failed to resolve the crisis that had been brewing in England ever since

The Magna Carta was one of the most important documents of Medieval England. The Magna Carta was signed on June 1215 by the barons of Medieval England and King John. The Magna Carta was an agreement made by the barons to stop a king like King John from abusing his power with England. The document had agreements written

Magna Carta was the most important document that shape the rule of constitutional law in England. It led to the development of common laws and other constitutional documents that helped build the government we have today. Over the centuries many of the clauses were renewed and most of the originals had been repealed form the English law, even though it is not the same as it was in 1215 the Magna Carta still carries the same general concept. The Magna Carta was the first document forced onto King John of England by a group of barons (his subjects) to limit his power by law and protect their privileges.