1. Foundations of Gov’t
Mr. Lutke
Civics

2. Review
Magna Carta- Limited the powers of the King and granted certain rights to the English people
Parliament- Developed into the legislative body.
English Bill of Rights(1689)- Guaranteed free elections to parliament, the right to a fair trial and eliminated cruel and unusual punishment.

3. Philosophical Influences
John Locke- English writer, “natural rights” life liberty and property
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, “People alone had the right to determine how they should be governed.
Baron de Montesquieu, Separation of powers

4. Colonial Traditions of Self-Government
Colony
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
1607- Jamestown, 1st permanent English colony
Jamestown Gov’t- House of Burgesses
It was a representative legislature
What does this mean?

5. Pilgrims arrive 1620- Pilgrims built the Settlement called Plymouth
In Massachusetts.
Plymouth Gov’t
Before the mayflower landed the 41 men aboard signed the mayflower compact
Compact- an agreement or contract, among a group of people

6. Mayflower Compact Developed a tradition of Direct Democracy
Citizens held town meetings to address local problems and issues.
Anyone could attend these meetings and express their opinions, but only land owning men could vote.
By 1639 some pilgrims left Mass. and went to Connecticut where the developed America’s first written constitution. “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”
As more colonies popped up all over the East coast the colonists became accustomed to governing themselves

7. Creation of the 13 colonies
New England Colonies
Mass., Rhode Island, Conn., New Hampshire
Middle Colonies
NY, NJ, Penn. and Delaware
Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, N & S Carolina, Georgia

8. Reasons people came
Religious Dissenters'- People who followed a faith other than the official religion of England
Example: Puritans
Pilgrims “people on a religious journey”
Economic Opportunity- Especially in the south
This lead to the system of indentured servants.

9. Think Critically Make Comparisons
Read Pages 42 to 43 and answer the following question
How were the lives of slaves and indentured servants the same? How were they different?