This document guaranteed the people a voice in government in Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
This granted certain rights to nobles and placed the king under the rule of law.
What is Magna Carta.
200
A set of written laws, rules for implementing those laws, punishments for violating laws, and so forth.
What is legal codes.
200
One of the earliest legal codes...
What is Code of Hammurabi.
200
This impacted U.S. law by establishing the idea of accepting past court decisions.
What is British Common Law.
200
What became the 1st representatives body of government in the colonies?
What is Virginia's House of Burgesses.
200
This limited the authority of the king by requiring him to obtain Parliament's approval before enacting certain laws and by guaranteeing certain rights to citizens.
What is the English Bill of Rights.
300
A set of guidelines stating what is morally "right/wrong" and directing people how they should live.
What is moral code.
300
The codes that are recorded in the Bible.
What is the Ten Commandments.
300
What song was Mark singing?
What is We Owned the Night
300
The Virginia House if Burgesses was modeled after this.
What is British Parliment?
300
This was modeled after British Parliament and became the first representative body of government in the colonies.
What is House of Burgesses.
400
Law based on tradition or past court decisions rather than written statutes.
What is British common law.
400
He was the Byzantine Emperor.
Who is Justinian I.
400
He was placed under the direct rule of law.
Who is the King.
400
This was the time that the Iroquois League existed.
What was the 1500s?
400
Justinian I compiled centuries of Roman law in the middle ages know as this...
What is Justinian Codes.
500
In the late 1500s, the Iroquois tribes of the Northeast formed banded together to form this.
What is Iroquois League.
500
The Enlightenment advocated this...
What is the Principle of "Social Contract" between governments and the people.
500
This further limited the authority of the King.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
500
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This was the first known written code of law for the Greeks.