1. Welcome C & E Students
Grab your handouts.

2. Warm Up: Grab your handouts.
Order on a sheet of paper-the following rights from most to least important:
Right to free speech
Right to be free from illegal search or seizure
Right to bear arms
Right to a fair trial
Right to be free from cruel or unusual punishment
Right to express religious beliefs
Right to a free press

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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

10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that. people had a right to determine
Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that people had a right to determine how they were governed
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

11. Why is it important to understand our English Heritage?
Our laws and Constitutional principles are based on English democratic principles. England was the first nation to implement democracy in Europe. England established the rule of law, limited government, and due process before Spain, France, or China.
Understanding that deep rooted ideal of self-government explains the motivation behind Brexit.

12. Question
What ideas did the American colonies adopt from the Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights?
What was the significance of limiting the power of a monarch.
How does due process function?

13. Class Work Work on your colonial America map
Label each colony by their region and color each region with different colors.
Label the cities of Boston & Philadelphia
Label the Proclamation Line of 1763
Label the Great Lakes

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

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

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

19. By 1733 the 13 Colonies Had their own governments
Each had a legislative body
Constitution
They were self governing themselves.
Read the article on Mercantilism.
What were the Navigation Acts?
What was the Triangular Trade?