1. Our English Heritage
C & E

3. EQs What were the English traditions of limited and self gov’t?
How did colonists transplant English ideas of gov’t to America?

4. Key Terms Monarch Parliament Precedent Common law Colony Charter
Compact
Salutary Neglect

5. Key Concepts
Colonial traditions of self gov’t

6. John Dickinson

7. Influences from England’s Early Gov’t
We can trace our pol. & legal traditions back to England
History of limited & representative gov’t
England had a monarch
King or queen

8. Magna Carta 1199 - King John treated people & nobles poorly
Nobles rebelled in 1215
King John forced to sign Magna Carta (“Great Charter”)
Protected nobles privileges
Granted certain rights to all landholders
Equal treatment under the law
Trial by one’s peers
Limited power of the monarch

9. Parliament Legislature Est. in late 1300s
Lawmaking body
Est. in late 1300s
Removed King James II & put his daughter (+her husband) on throne
Glorious Rev.
William & Mary
1689 – English Bill of Rights
Monarch must have Parliament’s consent
Freely elected members
Free speech during meetings
Fair trials by jury
Banned cruel & unusual punishments

10. Common Law Based on precedent Common law based on customs & precedents
Ruling in an earlier case
Judge must make a consistent ruling
Common law based on customs & precedents
Laws about property, contracts, & personal injury

12. Bringing the English Heritage to America
Colony
Grp of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

13. House of Burgesses 1608 - Eng. Est. 1st colony @Jamestown, VA
Chartered by king
Virginia Company
1st representative assembly in America
House of Burgesses
Beginning of self-gov’t

14. Mayflower Compact 1620 – Separatists came to Massachusetts
Pilgrims
Came on the Mayflower
Settled Plymouth Colony
Written plan of gov’t – Mayflower Compact
Agreement among a grp on how to govern
Set up direct democracy
Led to town meetings

15. Early Colonial Gov’ts By 1733 Each had legislature & governor
13 colonies from Mass to GA
Each had legislature & governor
Americans grew used to mak’g own decisions
Salutary Neglect
Parliament worried about stuff in England and let colonies do as they pleased