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what altered the peoples thoughts about their government and their relationship with it
writings of John locke and the legacy of British common law
collective action
about limiting power of monarch through concreted legislative efforts to enforce the rule of law
what did James I believe
kings ruled by the pleasure of god alone and so they don’t need to answer to anyone
what did Charles I do to parliament
dissolved it and ruled soley
when was English civil war
1642-1651arliemnt p
parliament side in the English civil war
maintained that law was primary and fundamental
king had to obey it
king side in the English civil war
royal absolutism
“divine rights of kings”
who won English civil war
parliament
Charles I beheaded
James II
public catholic that was going to rule over a protestant country
protestants favored
their religion and the power of parliament
catholics favored
the king and his authority
second treatise of gov
1690; locke
Lockes points in his book
state of nature
people come together to establish law
gov should only protect peoples natural rights
gov happens from consent of the people
right to revolution
locks implications of freedom
right of the individual to live ones own life and be ones own person w/o interference
when did the glorious revolution happen
1688
glorious revolution
revolted against James II
bloodless
thomas Hobbes book
leviathan (1651)
Leviathan views
absolute power of king - need one to maintain order
state of nature - solitary, brutish
social contract - king gets power from the people
state of nature
strip civilization away and they do not act well
a war of war against all (anarchy)
Mr Locke book
two treatises of gov (1690)
who was close to parliament
John locke
natural rights
life, liberty, and prosperity
what was the major worry of locke
proportional judgment
social contract (locke)
protects the rights of citizens through neutral judge
exists by consent
right of revolution
what type of gov was locke into
legislature- more powerful
mayflower compact
1620
social contract
made on the ship; saw the new world as a start of nature
what do you give up for a social contract
some of your rights
what came out of the glorious revolution
constitutional monarchy
English bill of rights
how was the law thought of in England
a companion to freedom
what did locke use to argue against the divine right of kings
rule of law
rule of law encompasses what principles
generality
prospectively
publicity
due process
consent
two parliament chambers in England
house of commons: elected by the wealthy and the middle class
House of Lords: represented the inherited aristocracy of England
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