1. Order the following rights from most to least important: 1.Right to free speech 2.Right to be free from illegal search or seizure 3.Right to bear arms 4.Right to a fair trial 5.Right to be free from cruel or unusual punishment 6.Right to express religious beliefs 7.Right to a free press

2. Civics 1.1 “Our Democratic Heritage” (Ch. 2.1)

3. I. Documents that influenced Colonial Americans A.The Magna Carta 1.Nobles forced King John of England to sign the Magna Carta in 1215 (Latin for Great Charter) 2.Limited the power of the monarch- no one is above the law 3.Guaranteed due process and trial by jury

4. B.Parliament 1.England’s legislature 2.Was created over time to represent nobles, church officials, and even the common people (by the late 1300s) 3.The peaceful transfer of power during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 made it more powerful than the monarchy

5. C.English Bill of Rights 1689 1.Parliament further limited the power of the monarch 2.Guaranteed 1.free elections to parliament 2.the right to a fair trial 3.the elimination of the cruel and unusual punishment

6. D.Common Law- a system of law based on previous court decisions rather than regulations and written law 1.when judges decided a case, they look for a precedent- ruling in a similar earlier case

7. E.Philosophers from the Enlightenment 1.A social contract theory- governments are created as an agreement among the people and their government a.Citizens agree to give up part of their freedom to the gov’t in exchange for protection for all b.If the government can no longer protect the people’s rights, gov’t can be replaced c.Justification for revolution

8. 2.John Locke said people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property that no legitimate government could take away a. Locke’s ideas seen in The Declaration of Independence

9. 3.Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that people had a right to determine how they were governed 4.Baron de Montesquieu: idea of the separation of powers- dividing the government into different parts so no one part becomes too strong These three parts are called: Legislative, Executive and Judicial

10. Close How did the Magna Carta & the English Bill of Rights influence colonial American government?

11. Bell Work Good morning! Please work on your colonial America map P. 40 and p.812 of the textbook can help you Label each colony by its full name (not just initials) Label the cities of Boston & Philadelphia Label the Proclamation Line of 1763

12. Warm Up Complete the Reading of the Day…. by answering these questions in a complete sentence 1.Which future American leader was influenced by John Locke’s writings? 2.What are the 3 natural rights that human beings are born with? 3.What did Locke believe the purpose of government was? 4.According to Locke, why are people willing to give up some of their freedom to the government?

13. Identify which Enlightenment thinker wrote each excerpt (explain your reasoning) 1.“All men being … equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.” 2.“The executive implements laws designed by the legislature, laws whose application is entrusted to the judiciary.” 3.“Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent.”

14. II. Colonial Traditions of Self- Government A.Virginia House of Burgesses- in 1619 the colonists in Jamestown formed the first representative assembly in the English colonies

15. B.The Mayflower Compact (1620)- an agreement, or contract, signed by 41 of the men aboard the Mayflower 1.Established direct democracy where everyone has a voice in gov’t 2.1 st basic plan of government in the colonies 3.Today, small New England towns still have town meetings

16. C.Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 1.first written constitution in America –A detailed plan of government with separation of powers