1. COS Standard 2 Part B
Compare regional differences among early New England, Middle and Southern colonies regarding economics, geography, culture, government and American Indian relations.

2. Explaining the role of essential documents in the establishment of colonial government, including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights and the Mayflower Compact

3. Magna Carta 1215 King John of England
Limited the power of the king and forms Parliament
Establishes the idea of habeas corpus
Citizens can not be held unless there is proof of the crime
Basis for US Constitution and Bill of Rights

4. Glorious Revolution James II disliked
Disobeyed Parliament
Practiced Catholicism
James has a male heir to the throne with his second wife who would practice Catholicism.
Parliament was unwilling to have another Catholic king.

5. Glorious Revolution continued
Parliament overthrows James II and replaces him with his Protestant daughter Mary and husband William of Orange.
Bloodless exchange of power
“Bloodless Revolution”
Parliament passes series of laws establishing its power over the monarch

6. English Bill of Rights
Reinforces the rights established by the magna carta
Further limited the powers of the king
Listed the rights that Parliament and citizen had
Use in writing the US Bill of Rights
Created Separation of Powers
Limited the powers of the King and Queen
Enhanced democratic election
Bolstered freedom of speech

7. Mayflower Compact
First governmental document in the new American Colonies
Agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the majority under the regulations they agreed upon.
Sets up:
Step towards self government
Majority Rule
Leads to town meetings