Theories and Origins of Government Part 2 English Contributions

Warm-up from yesterday’s: How do you, or someone you know, display “civic virtue”? Should public schools today be concerned with providing “moral education”?

I. The Magna Carta When: 1215 Who: What: Why: Significance:

II Petition of Rights 1628 Who: What: Why: Significance:

III. English Government – Parliament Arrives Parliament was a council of nobility created to advise the monarch. History of hostility between parliament and monarch. Parliament = House of Lords + House of Commons House of Lords- nobility House of Commons - wealthy and people of standing in community-knights, merchants, craftsmen.

IV. The English Bill of Rights Who: What: Glorious Revolution Why: Significance: Photos: above is William and Mary Below, Hampton Court, palace they added to Henry VIII’s.

John Locke, Rebel with a Cause

John Locke’s Natural Rights Philosophy – 5 parts State of Nature Natural Rights Human Nature Purpose of Government Social Contract