Daily History

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Daily History

• What provision of the Bill of Rights protects the
  rights of people accused of a crime?
• A) federalism
• B) due process
• C) separation of powers
• D) checks and balances

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Main Idea

• We will learn about governing the colonies and
  the new ideas that spread throughout the
  colonies.
• These events and ideas play a part in eventually
  the American Revolutionary War taking place.

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A) Governing the Colonies

• The legal rights that Englishmen had won over the
  centuries had led the colonists to expect a voice
  in their government.

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Contd

• The ideas of limited monarchy and representative
  government were dear to them. In their new land,
  colonists wanted to take part in governing
  themselves.

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What events had taken place?
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B) Magna Carta

• IN 1215, English nobles forced King John to sign
  the Magna Cara.
• This document was the first to place restrictions
  on an English rulers power.
• It limited the monarchs right to levy taxes
  without consulting the nobles.

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Contd

• Parliaments greatest power was the right to
  approve taxes. No monarch could raise taxes
  without the consent of Parliament.
• What impact is this going to have later on?

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C) Bill of Rights

• In 1689, King William and Queen Mary signed the
  English Bill of Rights.
• A bill or rights is a written list of freedoms
  that a government promises to protect.

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Contd

• Promoted habeas corpus, the principle that a
  person cannot be held in prison without being
  charged with a specific crime.

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D) Self Government

• House of Burgesses in the Jamestown Colony.
• In 1701, Penn was forced to agree that only the
  General Assembly could make laws.
• By 1760, every British colony in North America
  had a legislature of some kind.

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Contd

• In many ways, the colonies offered settlers
  greater political rights than they would have had
  in England.
• 50 to 75 percent of white males in the American
  colonies could vote. This was a far greater
  percentage than in England.

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E) Freedom of the Press

• Why do we have freedom of the press?
• The Zenger case later helped establish a
  fundamental principle. A democracy depends on
  well-informed citizens.