Agreement of the People

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The Agreement of the People was a radical constitutional proposal drafted by English Civil War-era reformers (notably the Levellers) calling for popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, and legal equality.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional proposal
historical document
political manifesto
aimedAt reforming the English constitution
associatedWith Leveller movement
linked to: Levellers

Putney Debates
corePrinciple equality before the law
extended suffrage
frequent parliaments
legal equality
popular sovereignty
proportional representation of constituencies
religious toleration
country England
dateProposed 1647
debatedAt Putney
draftedBy John Lilburne
Levellers
Richard Overton
Thomas Prince
William Walwyn
hasVersion First Agreement of the People
Second Agreement of the People
Third Agreement of the People
historicalContext conflict between Parliament and the monarchy
radicalization of sections of the New Model Army
influenced later democratic theory
republican constitutionalism
influencedBy English common law traditions
Puritan political thought
language English
opposedTo absolute monarchy
unlimited parliamentary sovereignty
politicalPosition radical
proposedBy New Model Army agitators
linked to: New Model Army
proposedInstitution single-chamber representative parliament
proposedReform limitations on governmental power
proposedReform redistribution of parliamentary seats
regular fixed-term parliaments
proposedRight equality before the law for all freeborn Englishmen
freedom of conscience
protection from arbitrary imprisonment
region England
status never fully implemented
subjectMatter civil and political rights
constitutional reform
subsequentRevisionDate 1648
1649
timePeriod English Civil War

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Putney Debates significantDocument Agreement of the People
Levellers publishedDocument Agreement of the People
Agreement of the People hasVersion First Agreement of the People
linked to: Agreement of the People
Agreement of the People hasVersion Third Agreement of the People
linked to: Agreement of the People
Heads of the Proposals comparedWith Agreement of the People