Ch 2- Colonial Flashcards
(35 cards)
Magna Carta :
- known as Great charter ( Latin)
- unwritten constitution
- put limits on Kim Jong I
- 1215
Limited govt. :
- Has limitation
- can only do what it’s specified to
What Kim Jong I couldn’t do:
- (123)
- no taxation without getting permission
- can’t take away land without reason
- no imprisonment without reason
Glorious revolution:
England finds a brand new Protestant , William of Orange, and make a peaceful transition
English bill of rights :
- Takes more power away from the king
- 1688
- then starts with the rights ( speech etc)
Representative govt. :
- Where representatives make the law for the people
- England rep. Is a parliament
House of Commons:
- house of reps.
- for people like us
House of Lords:
- senate
- in by birth
John Locke’s writings name is …
- Two treaties on govt. (Book)
- about the social contract
John Locke thought that legitimacy of govt. ….
- cones from the people
- if the people don’t like the govt. They rebel
John Locke thought our natural rights where:
Life
Liberty
Property
In English colonies who had voting rights :
White men
Mayflower compact
- 1620
- first written form of govt. In the 13 colonies
In the English colonies governance would be by …
A majority rule
The first legislative body was in:
Virginia ( called house of burgesses )
Duties of legislatures:
- make the law
- enforce the law
- interpret the law
Separation of powers:
When you divide up the work the work of the law in 3 branches
British views of the colonies’ purpose:
- behave (follow rules)
- buy only from England
- provide them with anything they wanted (trees= boats)
Salutary neglect :
- 1607-1750
- we followed their law by providing them resources
- but we rolled ourselves as if we were a country
Impact of the French and Indian war for the colonies :
- we no longer had to worry about French
- we got a lot of territory
Impact of the French and Indian war on the British:
- English empire got bigger
- they went into debt and couldn’t pay for the war
Stamp act
- 1765
- Taxed 5 items
- paper, books, pamphlet, playing cards, dice
The colonists refused the stamp act by :
- Putting together the Stamp act congress
- refused to buy stuff till they got rid of the stamp act
Who was expected to pay the taxes?
The colonies
