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?
MAGNA CARTA
WRITTEN IN 1215
LIMITED ABSOLUTE POWER OF KING JOHN King cannot randomly set taxes
Due process guaranteed
Right to a trial
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?
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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!