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Made laws to treat ALL people equally. (The Ten Commandments)
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The biblical idea of a covenant, an ancient Jewish term meaning a special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure.
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The biblical idea of a covenant, an ancient Jewish term meaning a special kind of agreement between people and God, influenced the formation of colonial governments and contributed to our constitutional structure.
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English nobles were upset with the oppressive policies of King John.
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These colonial institutions exercised some local authority, but the British believed that all colonists owed allegiance to the monarch.
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The Pilgrims governed themselves by a written contract between themselves.
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The Constitution of Connecticut had a huge influence on the Founders of America.
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The members of the upper chamber were the first sons of noble families and later members who inherited their positions.
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In 1689, Parliament passed the English Bill of Rights that put clear limits on the monarchy.
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The members of the lower chamber were elected and were often the younger sons of noble families or wealthy commoners.
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An intellectual movement concentrated in France during the 1700s.
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A struggle between French and British over lands in what is now western Pennsylvania and Ohio led to the start of the war.
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To pay for the war, the king and his ministers levied taxes on tea, sugar, glass, paper, and other products.
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This was used in the courts of England since the Middle Ages.
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A group of colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor.
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Their purpose was to decide what to do about the relationship with Great Britain.
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Within three weeks, delegates from all thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress in May 1775.
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Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration explained the reasons the American colonies were angry and justified about the revolution.
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The plan was called the Articles of Confederation and didn’t go into ineffective immediately because it had to be approved by all thirteen states.
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The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States. The Constitution, originally comprising seven articles, delineates the national frame of government.
