Event Date Icon Effect on American Rights and Government Magna Carta 1215 The Great Charter icon It began to create the right to due process of law. It supported the principle of no taxation without representation, said the king was not above the law, and helped establish a representative government. English Bill of Rights House of Burgesses Albany Plan of Union Act of Religious Toleration Zenger Trial Great Awakening

-an amendment is proposed.

-two-thirds of congress must approve.

-thee-quarters of states must approve.

-the proposed amendment becomes law.

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social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

they had more african americans than any other state.

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