roots of american chapter 2 section 1 our english heritage
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Roots of American
Chapter 2 Section 1
Our English Heritage
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Influences from England’s early government
Many of the rights that American citizens enjoy today can be traced back to the political and legal traditions of England.
When English people began settling here in the 1600’s they brought with them a history of limited and representative government
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Influences from England’s early government
England was ruled my a Monarch (a king or queen), however the noble families had considerable power.
The monarch gave them ownership of vast lands in exchange for their loyalty, tax payments, and promises of military support
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1. English Roots
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2. Conflict with Nobles
The King became envious of the nobles wealth and possessions
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3. Nobles react
The nobles join together and draft the magna carta
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4. Results of the conflict
•They forced the king to sign the Magna Carta•Resulting in the kings power being limited
•He could no longer declare war or levy taxes without the nobles consent
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5. Establishment of Parliament
The nobles established a lawmaking body known as Parliament
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6. Split of the parliament Commoners
complained they had no voice in parliament, so the parliament was split into two parts.
The house of lords, and the house of commons
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7. Coming to America
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8. 1607 Jamestown
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9. Va. House of Burgesses
Representative Democracy
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10. Mayflower 1620
Mayflower Compact – Direct Democracy
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11. Establishment of Colonial government in the 13 colonies
DirectRepresentative
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12. England takes “hands off” approach
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13. Colonial Growth
Town/cities - immigrants from Europe
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14. England saw the potential in America for its own gain
Mercantilism
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15. British Taxation How can they tax us?
Your ties with England have not been broken
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16. The Stamp Act
No taxation without representation
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17. Colonist Boycott
The colonial boycott was successful
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18. Parliament repeal of Stamp act
Why did they repealed the stamp act? Merchant were putting pressure on
Parliament Merchants were unhappy with the stamp
act because they were losing money.
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19. Boston Massacre
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20. Boston Tea Party
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21. Intolerable acts
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22. First continental congress Sent a document to
the King demanding the rights of the colonist be restored
Made plans to extend the boycott
They vowed to hold another meeting if their demand were not met in a year.
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23. Battles of Lexington and concord
King George responded by sending troops.
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24. Second Continental Congress
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25. Thomas Paine common sense
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26. Declaration of independence