In England, we can at least as far back as Magna Carta, in 1215, to see a document that demands that government respects individuals' rights. Convention Parliament that brought the Bill of Rights to England in 1688.
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I am supporter of gun rights and I have yet to see someone point to early English law to make a point. I will consistently point out the Second Amendments in both the United States Constitution as well as the Colorado Constitution. Those documents are what started the US and then respectively the Colorado government. Therefore, despite age, they must be adhered to. They are legal documents and in my opinion if you opposed them so adamantly then, by all means, I won't keep you in this country.
One of the rights cited in the Declaration of Independence was the right to have the colonies represented in government. They also cited life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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In England, we can at least as far back as Magna Carta, in 1215, to see a document that demands that government respects individuals' rights. Convention Parliament that brought the Bill of Rights to England in 1688.
Early English law provided for a right of self defense.
Early December 2011 in Moscow, Russian Federation
This would be the Charters of the Virginia Company of London.
The Magna Carta .
Virginia's Declaration of Rights was the example used to draft the United States first Bill of Rights. George Mason drafted this early Virginia document.
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Anglo-Saxon: A Germanic language spoken in England between the 5th and 11th centuries. Old English: The early form of the English language from the 5th to the 11th centuries. Middle English: The language spoken in England from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Early Modern English: The form of English used from the late 15th to the late 17th centuries. Modern English: The English language as it is spoken and written today, with influences from various sources over time.
if it's for your government homework it's John Locke's "Two Treaties on Government, English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta, and Petition of Right
In the early republic it was the plebeians who won their civil rights.
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