Or was it Rome? Or some other country...
Idk my brain is a little fried right now. Can you help me out?
2007-11-15 05:37:20 · 7 answers · asked by Jerse 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
If you are refering to "rights and freedoms" as stated in the Constitution, the answer is no. The United States built on the ideas of government that had been established by prior governments. To name a few you may want to look up:
Bill of Rights (Great Britian, 1689)
Magna Carta (Great Britain, 1215)
Twelve Tables of Law (Rome, ca. 300 BC)
Hope this helps!
2007-11-15 05:45:59 · answer #1 · answered by epublius76 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Nope, people had rights and freedom long before America. However, what America did do first is placing on emphasis on the people. The Magna Carta was granted by the King (forcibly, admittedly), Athens was ruled only by a fairly elite small group (a few tens of thousands, if I recall correctly, but certainly nowhere near their entire male population). Rome gave their citizens freedom, but it grossly restricted want those freedoms were.
Previously, freedoms had come as concessions from on high; the United States of America made them a foundation.
2007-11-15 14:09:52 · answer #2 · answered by Thought 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the Founding Fathers set out to form our form of government used today,they used several examples from history such as the Magna Carta,democracy from Greece. This was called The Great Experiment because nowhere else was there a nation that had rule by the people with a civilian head of state who also controlled the military and wasn't from nobility or the aristocracy.
2007-11-15 13:51:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There are different kinds of rights and freedoms, and there are degrees of freedom. For example, Cyrus the Great King of Persia, allowed freedom of religion way back in 550 B.C.E. Also there was the Magna Carta written in England in 1215, which officially limited the king's power (although in practice it was a different story). The history and even the definition of freedom is an ongoing struggle, as was eloquently stated by our first poster.
2007-11-15 13:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by TL 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope... And ignore the 1st poster. Caps are annoying and he typed with so much anger he spelled Iraq, 'Irak'.
Not sure which country was the first though, sorry.
2007-11-15 13:46:46 · answer #5 · answered by Ominous 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
HAMURABBI WAS THE FIRST KNOWN CODIFIER OF RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE. THEY WEREN'T MUCH BUT THEY WERE LAW.
2007-11-15 14:26:25 · answer #6 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope.
2007-11-15 13:43:10 · answer #7 · answered by seanb1791 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋