The English Bill of Rights, drawn up in 1689 by parliament when William & Mary of Orange came to power to prevent all future monarchs from holding too much power.
The Magna Charta of 1215 was the first document to limit the king's power. The second major document to establish the supremacy of the law and the rights and powers of Parliament was the Bill of Rights of 1689, issued by king William III.
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the mayflower compact :)
A constitution is a document that sets down the fundamental political principles of a government.
United States Constitution
the political religious
On a government document it means the name that appears is not yours, but is that of a trust that you have agreed to be the trustee or representative for.
A constitutional government is a government whose rules and policies are limited by a constitution. A constitution is a written document that describes the rules and principles of a political entity.
Federalist No. 10
I think it was the mayflower compact, but I may be wrong. I doubt it though. :)
A document officially published by the government of a country, or internal communications of a government.
The framers of the Constitution had to create a government that was representative, but neither a monarchy or a pure democracy. That alone had so many different interpretations that the entire document is essentially a series of brilliant compromises, the main author of which was James Madison. They settled for a representative government.