Trace the Impact of the English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Thomas Paine's Common Sense

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Magna Carta (The Great Charter of Freedoms)
1215
England
Required King John of England to protect certain rights
Limited King’s powers
Protected subjects’ privileges
(Note:  While these goals were not achieved, the document became an important symbol for those who wished to show that the king was bound by law)
Writ of habeas corpus
Rule of constitutional law
Development of common law

Bill of Rights - (factura o derechos) (An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown)
1689
England
Restate in statutory form the Declaration of Rights presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England
Lists rights for citizens and permanent residents of a constitutional monarchy
Included the right to petition the monarch
Included the right to bear arms in defense
Emphasizes the importance of the consent of the people
Influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)

Mayflower Compact
1620
American colonies
Set up a government and write first written laws for the new settlers arriving at Plymouth Rock (now Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod, Massachusetts)
Fair and equal laws for the general good of the settlement
Will of the majority
Social contract where the settlers consented to follow the Compact’s rules for the sake of the survival of the new colony
John Adams and others have referred to it as the foundation of the U.S. Constitution

Common Sense by Thomas Paine (published anonymously)
1776
American colonies
Placed the blame for the British colonists on King George III
Challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy
Published anonymously, the document advocated that the colonists declare their independence from the British crown
Advocated a movement for sovereignty of the people, a written constitution, and effective governmental checks and balances