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Jan 1, 1100
England
In england the monarch ru;ed nut nobel families gained powere via land in exchange for loyalty, tax money, and military support. -
Period: Jan 1, 1100 to
History of Our Democracy
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Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
nobels force King John who was treating them terribly, to sign the Magna Carta which says that no one is about the law.
-everyone will get eqal treatment under the law.
-trial by the law. -
Jan 1, 1300
Parliment
Next king develops a group that represents common people - Parliment -
english colonies in America
-accept common law
-no ruler is above the law
-should have basic rights protected
-should have a voice in government -
Enlightenment
Locke and Montesuieu were enlightenment thinkers
-believed God had created an orderly universe
-the laws of the universe could be discovered through the use of human reason
-laws that governed nature also applied to human life and society. -
House of Burgesses (va)
-1st representative assembly/legislature in ENgland colobies -
Mayflower compact
-established direct democracy -
John Licke
English writer
-people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property that no government could take away freedome.
-born free and independent
-governemnt must maintain social contract
-people give up part of their freedom in exchange for protection of natural rights. -
Fundemental order of Conecticut
-1st written constitution in America
-assembly of elected representatives from each town to make laws. -
Massachusetts Body of Loberties
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Pennsylvania Frame of government and 17
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Glorious Revelution
Glorious Revolution- Parliment removes King James the Third and replaces him with his daughter Mary and her husband William
-from this time on, no ruler would have more power than Parliment. -
English Bill of Rights
-further restiction of monarchs power
-quarrenteed free elections to Parliment
-right to free trial
-eliminated cruel and unusual punishment -
Baron de Moontesquieu
-divide branches og government into different parts to balance each other out so no one can become to strong. -
Charter of Privileges
-establish basis of US Constitution and bill of rights -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-wrote the social contract.
-people alone have the right to determine how they should be governed -
Mid 1700s part 3
Colonists not feeling that have the right of native English people because of taxes and limitations passed. They had been self sufficient representative government for 100 + years. Not turning back or stopping now we'll have to fight for independence -
Albany plan of union
1st discussion of colonies for union against British government. -
13 English colonies established
-each colony has a government elected by the colonists or appointed by the king
-each had a legislature with representatives elected by free adult males -
Proclamation
Can't live on the land west of the Appalachian mountains so as not to stir up the native americans -
Stamp act
Tax on all paper goods -
Quartering act
Colonists must provide barracks and supplies to British troops -
Day stamp act repealed
Establishing declaratory act- parliament has the right to tax and make decisions for American colonies in all cases -
Townshend acts
Allowed British government customs officers to enter anywhere suspected of smuggling (because many colonists were doing this because of taxes and boycotting -
Tea act
British could ship tea to the colonies without a tax, making it cheaper to buy than colonial tea -
Philadelphia-first continental congress
Write to king George 3- we demand you restore our rights as British citizens -
Battle of Lexington and concord
1st battle of American revolution -
2nd continental congress
Meets -
Thomas Paine "common sense"
Published moved many undecided colonists toward the belief that independence was the only course of action -
Declaration of Independence
-list of complaints against king
-beliefs about independent rights
-pulled from ideas of Locke and Montesquieu