Origins and Development of Colonial Governments The Colonial
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Origins and Development of Colonial Governments The Colonial Period Social Studies Survey
Essential Question What elements of the English political heritage helped develop representative government in the American colonies?
I CAN: 1. Explain why the colonists expected representative government 2. Analyze early British documents that helped to set up our Declaration of Independence and Constitution 3. Describe the government of early colonial America
An English Political Heritage The English established the thirteen colonies English system had two major principles: 1. Limited Government 2. Representative Government
Limited Government System in which the power of the government is limited, not absolute
Magna Carta Video http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=r. ROh. Ca. Tvy. Lc 2: 34 min
Magna Carta (1215) Also known as Great Charter First appears in Magna Carta (1215) and only to nobility at the start
Petition of Rights (1628) Severely limited King Charles 1 power No longer collect taxes, imprison people without just cause, house troops in private homes or declare martial law without war
English Bill of Rights (1688) Set clear limits on what a ruler could and could not do Set up 5 key ideas:
1. 2. 3. 4. English Bill of Rights Monarchs do not have absolute authority Monarch must have Parliaments consent to suspend laws, levy taxes, or maintain army Monarch cannot interfere with parliamentary elections and debates People have right to fair and
Representative Government in which people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government
John Locke- Two Treatises of Government Argued that if government failed to protect these natural rights, the people could change that government (social
Government in the Colonies Each English colony had its own governor, a legislature, and a court system Each had: 1. A written constitution 2. Legislatures of elected representatives
Mayflower Compact Video http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=2 l. J 70 k-P 4 rw Start at 8: 15
Mayflower Compact (1620 First example of colonial selfgovernment
Mayflower Compact Videos http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Tg. ZPi. Fgptdw 4: 25 min (ok) http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=s. Yr 8 Lb. FNB 00&feature=fv wrel Creation of the mayflower Compact (3: 57)
Mayflower Compact
Great Fundamentals (1636) First basic system of laws in
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) First formal constitution or charter in the colonies All men have the right to vote in the colony
Fundamental Preamble For as much as it hath pleased Almighty God by the wise disposition of his divine providence so to order and dispose of things that we the Inhabitants and Residents of Windsor, Hartford and Wethersfield are now cohabiting and dwelling in and upon the River of Connectecotte and the lands thereunto adjoining; and well knowing where a people are gathered together the word of God requires that to maintain the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the people at all seasons as occasion shall require; do therefore associate and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth; and do for ourselves and our successors and such as shall be adjoined to us at any time hereafter, enter into Combination and Confederation together, to maintain and preserve the liberty and purity of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus which we now profess, as also, the discipline of the Churches, which according to the truth of the said Gospel is now practiced amongst us; as also in our civil affairs to be guided and governed according to such Laws, Rules, Orders and Decrees as shall be made, ordered, and decreed as followeth
Colonial Legislature First legislature in America: Virginia House of Burgesses Many colonies had legislature well before the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were put into place Voting had property qualifications, but land was abundant and
Separation of Powers The division of power among the legislative, judicial, and executive branches
- Grammar selection and gradation
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- Why do people create
- How do the governments of kenya and nigeria compare?
- Is a anarchy limited or unlimited
- Who is this
- Different kind of governments
- Note three ways war affected the land and people of europe.
- Governments comprehension check
- Comparing se asian governments answer key
- Comparing asian governments
- Comparing asian governments
- Comparing asian governments
- Centre region council of governments
- Comparing african governments
- The formation of governments 1-2
- Are local governments tax exempt
- Are city governments tax exempt
- Comparing sw asia governments answers
- How can governments ensure citizens are treated fairly
- Comparing sw asian governments
- How are governments classified
- The formation of governments 1-2