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written in 1215, limited power of kings. It was the first written article to guarantee religious liberty
Magna Charta
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body of legal principles, developed over time, which closely followed Judeo-Christian morality
English Common Law
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principle authority on Common Law from 1552-1634
Edward Coke
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wrote Commentaries on the Law of England
William Blackstone
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
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"taught millions to read and not one to sin"
New England Primer
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first college in America, located in Boston, MA
Harvard
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second college, located in Williamsburg, VA
College of William and Mary
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located in New Haven, CT
Yale
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located in Princeton, NJ; John Witherspoon was president of the university 1768-1794
Princeton University
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Calvin's Resistance Theory
if a king requires any behavior offensive to God, resistance is not only permitted, it is demanded
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