Social Contract : Magna Carta (1215) Community agrees to obey ruler; ruler King grants trial by jury and agrees to protect the community and agrees not to impose new taxes individual rights without consent of the barons CREATISESH Goberrunent ESSAY Natural Law: Guarantees the basic rights of life, liberty, and property John Locke Mayflower Compact (1620) Pilgrim colonists agree to form and obey their own government The Enlightenment Ideas Origins of English Heritage Application of reason to question superstition, American and Sir tradition, and authority Historic Documents Isaac Government Newton English Bill of Rights (1689) Parliament asserts its supremacy over the King and guarantees particular individual rights Baron de Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) Montesquieu Paine argues that the colonies should govern themselves COMMON SENSE Legislative: makes laws INHABITANTS AMERICA Separation of Powers Executive: enforces laws Judicial: interprets laws