Early Docs
This document was the first constitution and established a confederal system in the United States
Articles of Confederation
This English Enlightenment thinker established the idea of social contract theory, believing that people needed government to protect them from themselves
Thomas Hobbes
President of the Constitutional Convention and the first US President
George Washington
Established how slaves were to be counted for taxation and representation
3/5th Compromise
Rapper and Producer from Los Angeles best known for founding the collective Odd Future
Tyler The Creator
This document was the first to place limits on the monarchy of England
Magna Carta
This English Enlightenment thinker built on the social contract theory, believing that people wanted government to protect their rights
John Locke
Author of the Declaration of Independence and the Third US President
Thomas Jefferson
Established the bicameral US Congress that we have today
Great Compromise
English band that took America by storm in the 1960's as a part of the British Invasion
The Beatles
This document established individual rights in England and heavily influenced it's American counterpart
English Bill of Rights
This French Enlightenment thinker developed the idea of popular sovereignty
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Federalist Papers Co-Author and First US Secretary
Alexander Hamilton
Alternative to an executive council
President
Australian rock band known for the highest selling rock album of all time "Back in Black"
ACDC
The founding document of a colony that established a representative democracy
Mayflower Compact
This French Enlightenment thinker established the idea of separation of powers and the three branches of government
Montesquieu
Federalist Papers co-author and Fourth US President
James Madison
The system used for electing the President in order to avoid tyranny by majority
Electoral College
Underground hip hop artist known for wearing a metal mask
MF DOOM
This document refuted the ideas of divine right of kings and absolute monarchy, embracing social contract theory
Petition of Right
This English Judge influenced the American legal system and Thomas Jefferson
William Blackstone
Anti-Federalist who believed small representation would favor the rich over the poor
Melancton Smith
Congress was allowed to regulate interstate and foreign commerce for not abolishing this until 1808
Slave Trade
Experimental hip hop producer and rapper from Baltimore best known for his 2018 album "Veteran"
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