Documents Magna Carta Individual rights Limits on government

Documents

Magna Carta • Individual rights • Limits on government

Mayflower Compact • First plan of self-government in colonies • Government based on consensus of community

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut • First written constitution in America • Strength concept of self-government

English Bill of Rights • Protects basic civil rights of English citizens • Can remove King for violating rights

Second Treatise of Government • • John Locke –author Social contract Natural rights Overthrow government if rights aren’t protected

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom • No state religion

Federalists Papers • Essays supporting ratification of Constitution • Madison, Hamilton, and Jay - authors

Washington’s Farewell Address • Warns of dangers of political parties and sectionalism

Kentucky Resolution • Said states should be allowed to nullify national laws it found to be unconstitutional • States’ rights

Star-Spangled Banner • Poem by Francis Scott Key • Written during bombardment of Fort Mc. Henry during War of 1812 • National anthem

Monroe Doctrine • President Monroe -1823 • Warned Europe not to try to recolonize Latin America • Europe should stay out of Western Hemisphere

Seneca Falls Declaration • Women’s rights movement • Supported giving women the right to vote • suffragettes

Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln • Freed slaves in the Confederacy (states in rebellion)

Gettysburg Address • Speech by Lincoln to dedicate Gettysburg cemetery • Honor the sacrifice of the dead by finishing their work of preserving the Union

Fourteen Points • President Wilson • Statement of war aims • Goal to achieve world peace

Four Freedoms • FDR – 1941 • Freedom of worship, freedom of speech and expression, freedom from want, and freedom from fear

Truman Doctrine • Stop Communist influence • Cold War