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The foundation of Common Law was laid by the Plantagenet King Henry II in opposition to localized courts run by the Lord of the Manor and the Church. Without the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror (Henry II’s great grandfather), in which he defeated (and killed) England’s King Herald at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, England would likely have remained in a Continental state of Baronial feudalism for another 100 years and the colonies in America would have been denied their rallying principle for independence. It was a long journey from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. | The foundation of Common Law was laid by the Plantagenet King Henry II in opposition to localized courts run by the Lord of the Manor and the Church. Without the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror (Henry II’s great grandfather), in which he defeated (and killed) England’s King Herald at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, England would likely have remained in a Continental state of Baronial feudalism for another 100 years and the colonies in America would have been denied their rallying principle for independence. It was a long journey from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. | ||
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| + | * Channing, Edward "A History of the United States." The Macmillan Company, 1920 | ||
| + | * Trevelyan, O.M "History of England." Longmans, Green and Company Ltd., Third Edition 1945, Book II, Chapter 1. | ||
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Government is a conditional compact between king and people. A violation of the covenant by either party discharges the other from its obligation. 2013/12/05 User:WikiSysop
