Magna Carta, The Declaration of Independence

Standards Addressed Today:

• W.1 Compare the major ideas of philosophers and their effects on the democratic revolutions in England, the United States, France, and Latin America including John Locke, Charles-Louis Montesquieu, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Simón Bolívar, Toussaint L’Ouverture, and Thomas Jefferson. (C, H, P)
• W.2 Analyze the principles of the Magna Carta (1215), the English Bill of Rights (1689), the American Declaration of Independence (1776), and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen (1789) citing textual evidence. (H, P)

What is Magna Carta?

The Story of Magna Carta:

The Declaration of Independence: Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration: