Is the statement below true or false? Explain. The Magna Carta (p. 137) and the U.S. Bill of Rights are similar documents. Other rights that we have?

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Is the statement below true or false? Explain. The Magna Carta (p. 137) and the U.S. Bill of Rights are similar documents. Other rights that we have? Read p. 138, Trial by Jury Read p. 137, “One American’s Story” What rights were gained by the Massachusetts colonists?

Chapter 5.2 – Roots of American Democracy 1.Magna Carta – + (Great Charter) 1215 English document that guaranteed important rights to noblemen and freemen. no taxes without consent by representatives right to trial by jury limits the power of government 2.Parliament – + Right to representative government 3.Colonial Assemblies – + Colonists had the right to elect Representatives to government

4. Edmund Andros – - ended representative assemblies 5.English Bill of Rights – agreement to respect rights of English citizens and of Parliament no laws or taxes without consent right for assemblies to meet no excessive punishment right to complain to the government GOVERNMENT IS BASED ON LAWS OF PARLIAMENT, NOT THE KING!

6.Salutary neglect – + A hands – off policy by the English Parliament regarding interference in colonial affairs. Colonist got used to to acting on their own 7.John Peter Zenger – + Publisher of the New York Weekly Journal who was tried in court for printing criticism of New York’s Governor. A jury agreed with his defense claiming that people had the right to speak the truth (speech)

Governing the colonies pp Both? Royal government powers Colonial assembly powers oversaw colonial trade law making process; assembly made laws which were subject to final approval by the royal governor made laws Final approval on laws could dismiss colonial assembly had authority to tax paid governor’s salary

1.Which items stand out as a key source of tension between colonial governments & the English government? 2. Read “King limits self-government” p. 139 & the chart on p. 140: Why did the people of Massachusetts think they could ignore the Navigation Acts? What information in the chart could be used to support the English government’s position & the colonist’s position concerning the Navigation Acts? 3. Read about the “Glorious Revolution”, p Explain how it affected the colonial government and the people in the colonies: