1. Early Government Cornell Notes

2. Title notes: Early Colonial Government
Essential Questions:
Why are governments created?
How did ideas about government influence political thought of English Colonists?

3. Why did Colin Kaepernick kneel during the national anthem?
Why can he do this?

4. What are Natural Rights?
They are inalienable rights – rights you are born with that cannot be taken away by anyone
Life – live life without fear of threat
Liberty – free from being controlled by others and live as you please
Property – freedom to work and gain means necessary for survival
What are Natural Rights?

5. What does this sentence mean to you?
“For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.”

6. Why is government necessary?
Without government people will self-indulge
Government is there to protect everyone’s natural rights equally

7. Does this man have sole power of the USA?

8. What kind of government best protects people’s natural rights?
A government that is/has
LIMITED (no one person or branch has complete power)
A social contract (individuals give up personal freedoms for greater protection of the community)
Consent of the governed (people agree to the government and can “revolt” if their gov’t doesn’t protect them)

9. How did this look in England?
Magna Carta - stated the King is not above the law & protected individual rights
English Bill of Rights - further limited Monarch's power
How did this look in England?

10. How did this look in the Colonies?
Colonists wanted
A voice in their gov’t
House of Burgesses elected officials of Virginia helped to make laws.
Mayflower Compact- Pilgrims created and signed a social contract upon arriving at Plymouth Rock - first social contract of America
The same rights as English citizens
How did this look in the Colonies?

11. Activity Step 1: Answer summary questions
Step 2:Examine 3 quotes from Magna Carta/English Bill of Rights document to see how they limited government in order to protect citizens natural rights.
Put it in your own words
What right(s) are being protected?
How does this limit government power (what can the government NOT do?)