Opening Ezekiel grows corn and wheat in his

Opening: Ezekiel grows corn and wheat in his back yard. He believes that all people have God’s inner light. What colonial region is Ezekiel from? What is the example colony from this region? David is a member of the House of Burgesses. He is a wealthy landowner who rarely goes to church. What colonial region is David from? What is the example colony from this region? Michael is a devout Puritan. He makes a living from building ships and trading. What colonial region is Michael from? What is the example colony from this region?

Standard 1. 2 (see standards board) Opening: Sample Questions Practice Closing: Quiz on 1. 2 Work Period: • Road to the Revolution Notes Homework: Reading Journal 1. 3

From England, With Love The English Origins of American Government USHC 1. 2 Analyze the early development of representative government and political rights in the American colonies, including the influence of the British political system and the rule of law as written in the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, and the conflict between the colonial legislatures and the British Parliament over the right to tax that resulted in the American Revolutionary War.

Constitutional Government LIMITED

Magna Carta Latin: Great Charter 1215 Limited Government Individual Rights TAXATION BY CONSENT The Rule of Law Jury Trials

Parliament Checking monarchs since the 13 th century!

Queen Elizabeth I

The Stuarts Absolutism Comes to England JI CI C II J II

The Glorious Revolution (1688) James II Unpopular “Papist” Run off by Parliament Throne VACANT No Bloodshed

WANTED A monarch who will sit down, { shut up, and let Parliament take care of governing.

The English Bill of Rights William III (of Orange) Mary II (Stuart)

The English Bill of Rights Parliamentary Supremacy • Executive Power Limited • Free and Frequent Elections • Taxation by Consent

The English Bill of Rights Declaration of Rights • Freedom of Speech (1) • Right to Petition (1) • Arms for Defense (2) (for Protestants, at least!)

John Locke Natural Rights Life Liberty Property GOD-GIVEN

John Locke’s Values: Religious Toleration Consent of the governed Right of Revolution GOD-GIVEN

Constitutional Government t n e p e R n e s re e v i tat m n r e v Go English Political Traditions

Mayflower Compact (New England) Government derives its authority from the people

Town Meetings (New England) Egalitarian Democratic

House of Burgesses (Virginia) Aristocratic Representative

Parliament pursued a policy of Salutary Neglect with the colonies…leaving them alone!

The French and Indian War 1754 -1763 {

Wars Cost Money

British National Debt Following the French and Indian War £ 140, 000 £ 120, 000 £ 100, 000 £ 80, 000 £ 60, 000 £ 40, 000 £ 20, 000 90 4 /1 /2 9 90 4 10 /1 /2 8 10 10 /2 7 /1 90 4 04 6/ 19 /2 10 10 /2 5 /1 90 4 /1 4 10 /2 4 19 0 /2 3/ 90 4 10 /1 /2 2 90 4 10 /1 /2 1 90 4 10 /1 /2 0 10 10 /1 90 4 £ 0

Cost of Quartering Troops in the colonies

E R O N O MSalutary Neglect

The Proclamation of 1763 restricted the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Parliament Taxes the Colonies 1. 2. 3. Sugar Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767)

Smuggling Photo Credit: Mary Harrsch A Serious Problem

1764 IMPORT Tax on Foreign Sugar ADMIRALTY COURTS Jury Trials

1765 INTERNAL Tax on legal documents MASS RESISTANCE Boycotts Mob Violence

Resistance Movement(s) Intimidation Mass Protests

Homespun Fabric Reduced dependence on British textiles

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

HERE NOTE: The colonists did not want to be represented in Parliament, where their representatives could have been outnumbered. They believed that only their representatives in their own colonial legislatures could legitimately tax them.

D E L 1765 INTERNAL Tax A E P E on legal documents MASS RESISTANCE R Boycotts Mob Violence

Parliament’s Not Done

Tax on Imports 1767

These Guys Again

More of These Guys

1770 Confrontation between British Troops and a Rowdy Mob

With one exception. . . Tax on A E P E Imports R D E L 1767

Just because we don’t tax. . . doesn’t mean that we can’t!

The Chain of Events Leading to the Revolution Tea Act Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts Lexington & Concord Photo Credit: Darwin Bell

1773 Parliament Grants a Monopoly to a British Company Photo Credit: John-Morgan

1773

1774 1. Closed Boston Harbor 2. Imposed MARTIAL LAW 3. Quartering Act

1775 “Shot Heard Round the World”

. Closing Quiz on 1. 2