The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on United States constitutional development because they "(2) placed limits on the powers of the <span>government"</span>
Some of the philosophers ideas may be a threat to Greek tradition because their logic is not exactly originate from the impulse of gods.
It was one of the first democratic governments in recorded history. Letting people vote on leaders was revolutionary at the time and did lead to things like the roman republic, the american revolution, and the french revolution. It lead to a lot of time being spent on the tragedy of being human or self aware. Which of course lead to things like maybe i deserve to have a say in the government.
Later when the Romans took over they looked at all the Greeks stuff and thought huh? maybe this is a good idea. And the rest of course is history.
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Paul Revere (a silversmith) used his profession as a mean of protest in the 1760s by creating engravings to promote colonial protests. (he created engravings to promote colonial protests.)