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Founder’s Eight Steps to World
Freedom, Prosperity, and Peace
450-1066 – Anglo Saxons develop system of People’s Law
1066 – Freedom & natural rights lost in Norman Conquest (Ruler’s Law)
1066-1215 – Struggle to restore freedom
- King John signs Magna Charta – King must obey law, inalienable rights
1215-1265 – Parliamentary Power Developed
- Principle of no taxation without representation
- All law by consent of parliament
- Ability to impeach king’s officers
1265-1721 – Republic based on Parliamentary Supremacy
- Parliament chooses prime minister who appoints cabinet and selects chief administrative officials with king’s consent
1721-1776 – Articles of Confederation
- Individual state supremacy and committee of states for a national congress
1776-1778 – American Founders establish a Republic based on Constitutional Supremacy
Post 1778-Present – Founder’s vision was to export freedom and prosperity to whole world