2. HOW DID ENGLISH BELIEFS AFFECT THE AMERICAN COLONIES? What are these beliefs and documents?

3. MAGNA CARTA  WRITTEN IN 1215 WRITTEN  LIMITED ABSOLUTE POWER OF KING JOHN  King cannot randomly set taxes  Due process guaranteed  Right to a trial

4. PARLIAMENT  Developed in 1300s – REPRESENTATION!  Bicameral – two house legislature House of Lords – nobles House of Commons – men who held property and could vote What does Parliament remind you of in our country?

5. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER ENGLISH RIGHTS THAT THE COLONISTS SUPPORTED?  Common law – individual liberties  Elected governors in some colonies  Often had to share power with colonists  People believed they had right to approve taxes

6. KING JAMES II TO POWER IN ENGLAND - 1685  Catholic! – why does this matter?  Worried English peoplepeople  Wanted more power over colonies  Created Dominion of New England  Angered colonists  Result: Glorious Revolution – 1689  English Bill of Rights  Reinforces rights in Magna Carta  Guarantees other freedoms  Habeas corpus  Cannot be held in prison without a specific charge of crime  No standing army during peace

7. What is some evidence that proves that colonists believe they have the right to self-govern?  REVIEW YOUR NOTES AND ANSWER  SHARE IDEAS WITH A PARTNER

8. HOW DID THE COLONIES RESPOND TO THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION?  Rebellions in Mass, NY, MD  Kicked out Governor of Dominion Sir Edmond Andros! Kicked  Massachusetts and Plymouth merged to become Massachusetts royal governor, elected assembly, appointed council RI & CT kept elected governors & assemblies SALUTARY NEGLECT ! – colonies keep self rule and England gets cooperation

9. BELIEFS ABOUT MONEY: MERCANTILISM – MONEY CAN BE BUILT BY EXPORTING MORE GOODS THAN THEY IMPORTED RESULTS: GET COLONIES DO NOT LET COLONIES TRADE WITH OTHER COUNTRIES NAVIGATION ACTS – TRADING LAWS THAT RESTRICTED COLONIAL TRADE AMERICAN COLONISTS RAN INTO DEBT WHILE ENGLISH DOING WELL TRIANGULAR TRADETRADE What was the relationship between England and its colonies?

11. WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES?  Leaders and educated colonists such as  Benjamin Franklin knew about: Scientific Revolution – used reason and observation to create new ideas - Copernicus Enlightenment – 1600s and 1700s – question ideas onCopernicus religion, science & government John Locke, Voltaire (age 70), Rousseau, Montesquieu

12. WHAT WAS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENGLAND AND ITS COLONIES?  Backlash to Enlightenment  Great Awakening – religious excitement Jonathan Edwards – spiritual leader, preacher to be saved by God, must have personal religious experience George Whitefield – preacher from England emotional ministers the best! Result :new churches more democratic attitude take charge of own religious and political experiences!