Early American History: 1600 to 1791

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Early American History1600 to 1791
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English Roots of our Government

• Magna Carta 1215
• English Bill of Rights 1689
• John Locke Social Contract 1690

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Magna Carta 1215It limited English kings power
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John Locke Thomas JeffersonLife, Liberty and
the Pursuit of Happiness
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Thirteen Colonies
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Mayflower Compact
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Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Paine Common Sense
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American Revolution
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American Revolution1775 to 1781

• British tighten control on colonists by taxation
• Colonists protest
• Colonists formed militias
• Declaration of Independence

• U.S. (colonists) gain independence
• Form a government Articles of Confederation
• Later, formed a better form of government
  Constitution

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Articles of Confederation

• No president
• No national court system
• No power to tax
• No national armed forceseach state raised its
  own troops
• Each state had its own currency

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James Madison Father of the Constitution
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Constitutional Convention1787

• 55 delegates met in Philadelphia all men and
  very wealthy
• In 3 months they drew up the Constitution
• Balance between states and national govt.
• Three Branches
• Checks and Balances
• Bill of Rights rights to people

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Constitution of the United States
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Federalists vs. Antifederalists
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The Constitution Debate

• Federalists
• Wanted a strong national government
• Wanted to ratify the Constitution

• Anti-Federalists
• Were against the ratification of the Constitution
• Complained that it lacked a section that gave the
  People rights.

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Bill of Rights First Ten Amendments
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Bill of Rights

• 1st amendment freedom of religion, speech,
  press, right to assemble and petition
• 2nd amendment right to bear arms
• 3rd amendment no quartering of soldiers
• 4th amendment no unreasonable searches and
  seizures of persons and property without probable
  cause
• 5th amendment no double jeopardy, right to
  remain silent..
• 6th amendment right to a speedy trial
• 7th amendment guarantees a jury trial in civil
  cases
• 8th amendment no excessive bails or fines and
  no cruel and unusual punishment