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HOW DID ENGLISH BELIEFS AFFECT THE AMERICAN COLONIES? What are these beliefs and documents?

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HOW DID ENGLISH BELIEFS AFFECT THE AMERICAN COLONIES?What are these beliefs and documents?

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MAGNA CARTA

WRITTEN IN 1215

LIMITED ABSOLUTE POWER OF KING JOHN King cannot randomly set taxes

Due process guaranteed

Right to a trial

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PARLIAMENT

Developed in 1300s – REPRESENTATION! Bicameral – two house legislature

House of Lords – nobles

House of Commons – men who held property and could vote

What does Parliament remind you of in our country?

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WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ENGLISH RIGHTS THAT THE COLONISTS SUPPORTED?

Common law – individual liberties

Elected governors in some colonies Often had to share power with colonists

People believed they had right to approve taxes

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KING JAMES II TO POWER IN ENGLAND - 1685

Catholic! – why does this matter? Worried English people

Wanted more power over colonies

Created Dominion of New England Angered colonists

Result: Glorious Revolution – 1689 English Bill of Rights

Reinforces rights in Magna Carta

Guarantees other freedoms Habeas corpus

Cannot be held in prison without a specific charge of crime

No standing army during peace

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What is some evidence that proves that colonists believe they have the right to self-govern?

REVIEW YOUR NOTES AND ANSWER

SHARE IDEAS WITH A PARTNER

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HOW DID THE COLONIES RESPOND TO THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION?

Rebellions in Mass, NY, MD Kicked out Governor of Dominion Sir Edmond Andros!

Massachusetts and Plymouth merged to become

Massachusetts

royal governor, elected assembly , appointed

council

RI & CT kept elected governors & assemblies

SALUTARY NEGLECT! – colonies keep self rule and England

gets cooperation

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BELIEFS ABOUT MONEY:

MERCANTILISM – MONEY CAN BE BUILT BY EXPORTING MORE GOODS THAN THEY IMPORTED

RESULTS: GET COLONIES

DO NOT LET COLONIES TRADE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

NAVIGATION ACTS – TRADING LAWS THAT RESTRICTED COLONIAL TRADE

AMERICAN COLONISTS RAN INTO DEBT WHILE ENGLISH DOING WELL

TRIANGULAR TRADE

What was the relationship between England and its colonies?

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WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES?

Leaders and educated colonists such as Benjamin Franklin knew about:

Scientific Revolution – used reason and observation

to create new ideas - Copernicus

Enlightenment – 1600s and 1700s – question ideas on

religion, science & government

John Locke, Voltaire (age 70), Rousseau, Montesquieu

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WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES?

Backlash to Enlightenment Great Awakening – religious excitement

Jonathan Edwards – spiritual leader, preacher

to be saved by God, must have personal religious experience

George Whitefield – preacher from England

emotional ministers the best!

Result: new churches

more democratic attitude

take charge of own religious and political experiences!

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