Student Version Only copy the slides into your notes where indicated. But read and watch videos throughout.

The First Great Awakening video Watch video!! video A revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s Cause: – people believed they had lost their religious faith Effect: –spread the idea that all are equal in the eyes of God –Helped pave the way for the American Revolution with the ideas of liberty and equality

Salutary Neglect Separated by more than 3000 miles, Great Britain still had loose control over the colonies which they called salutary neglect. The colonies were self governing and taking care of their own problems while England was focused on problems in England.

In order to understand England’s influence we need to go back to the beginning.

Absolute Monarchy King Henry 1 King William the Conqueror England was an absolute monarchy. This meant that their kings and queens had UNLIMITED power over the English people.

Meet King John 1215 The nobles rebelled against King John. They forced the king to sign an agreement called Magna Carta. It made the king promise not to take away property or to imprison any free man without following the laws. Right to a fair trial Denied the King the right to tax on his own mean man

Road to a Glorious Revolution After a transfer of power to William and Mary there was a peaceful time called the Glorious Revolution. From this time on no ruler would have more power than Parliament. Parliament

1689 Parliament wrote the English Bill of Rights Free election to Parliament Right to a fair trial Trial by jury Right to petition the government freedom of Speech and debate in Parliament Bill of Rights…does this sound familiar?

Arrival

Road to Self Government House of Burgesses Salutary neglect Mayflower Compact Fundamental Order of Connecticut

Jamestown 1619 After the establishment of Jamestown the 1 st legislature was created. It was called the House of Burgesses. What is a Burgess? A citizen of an English town.

Mayflower Compact An agreement to self govern their new colony together by majority rule. Do you see evidence of this today?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639 In Connecticut the first constitution was written called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut It stated: 1.That the assembly of elected representatives from each town to make laws. 2. Government was based on the rights of individuals 3.Connecticut would rule it self Do you see evidence of this today?

Colonial Town Meetings Most towns Elected “selectmen” to manage town affairs Do you see evidence of this today?

English Political Traditions (p Gray book) Copy this web and fill in the answers to the italicized questions from each box. Do not write the questions. Using complete sentences will give you excellent notes!! Ideas brought from England Magna Carta What ideas did we bring from this document? Parliament What ideas did we bring from this group? English Bill of Rights 1689 What ideas did we bring from this document? The Rise of Self-government (p Gray book) Copy this web and fill in the answers in the italicized questions on each box in complete sentences. Do not write the questions. Colonial Self-Government House of Burgesses What is important about this group? Mayflower Compact What is important about this document? Fundamental Orders of Connecticut What is important about this document? Who was the writer? Town Meetings What is important about this group? Freedom of the Press How did this freedom we have today develop from colonial times. Summarize! Page 26 Page 27