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A 6 page paper which analyzes how individual rights and liberties evolved during the years preceding the Constitutional Convention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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monarchy, in which nearly all power was concentrated, and a Parliament representing the landed aristocracy. However, this meant that if one was not a monarch or a titled landowner,
there was little attention paid to individual rights and liberties. But as a consequence of the Glorious Revolution (1688), the Whigs were able to affect a compromise between the
Crown and Parliament, which gave Parliament more authority regarding matters such as taxation and freedom of speech. This was the beginning of a gradual transition from common law to
statute law as a way of ensuring that the rights and freedoms of all citizens would be honored and in no way compromised by any governing body. After
the Glorious Revolution, an English Bill of Rights was officially passed in 1689, which essentially cemented the foundation of contemporary democracy. Unbeknownst at the time, this step towards representative
government would have a significant impact not only on England but also in the American colonies. During the Enlightenment, man emerged as front and center of all cultural, scientific,
and cultural thought. In England, this provided the perfect theoretical stage for developing the concepts of rights and liberties for individuals. Suddenly, natural rights were introduced into the
constitutional equation, which suggested that man had certain inalienable rights in nature that focused primarily on life, liberty, and property. Again, this can be best understood within the context
of the times. Everything in England was rooted in property ownership; therefore, its protection was regarded as the most fundamental of rights.
The chief architects of this emphasis upon the individual were Englishman John Locke and French social philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Lakoff 100). Adding to the groundwork the Whigs
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