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Bill of rights

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A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect

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Legislature

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A group of people who have the power to make laws

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Habeus corpus

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The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime

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Freedom of the press

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The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty

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Libel

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The publishing of statements that damage a persons reputation

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How did English ideas about government and trade affect the colonies?

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All English colonies shared a common English heritage and that heritage included the idea that citizens shad political rights .

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In 1215, ____ nobles forced ________ to sign the Magna Carta.The rights listed in the Magna were first limited to _____.

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English
King John
Nobles

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Magna Carta

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The first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power.

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The Magna Carter _________, _______,& ______,

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Limited the Monarchs right to levy taxes
Protected the right to property
Guaranteed the right to trial by jury

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Under the Magna Carta , nobles formed a ______ to advise the king, and this body developed into the Parliament.

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Great Council

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Parliament was a ___________. The _______ and the _______.

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Two house legislature
House of Lords
House of Commons

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The House of Lords was made of ____________ who had to _____ their titles.

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Nobles , inherit

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House of Commons were ______.

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Elected

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Who had the right to vote?

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Rich men and landowners

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What was Parliaments greatest power ?

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No monarch could raise taxes without its consent.

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What caused the English Civil War?

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King Charles I and Parliaments power struggles.

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__________ won the English Civil War and briefly ruled England.

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Parliament

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In 1660, _______ was restored.

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Monarchy

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Parliament removed ______ from the throne and invited _______ to rule.

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King James

Mary and her Hubsand

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In order for Mary and her husband to rule they had to sign the _______ in 1688.

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English bill of rights

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The English Bill of Rights stated :

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Restated many rights of the Magna Carta
Upheld habeas corpus
Required that parliament met regularly

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What led colonists to expect a voice in the government ?

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The legal rights that Englishmen had won over the centuries

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_______________- the first legislature in British North America , made laws for the Jamestown colony.

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House of Burgesses

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________________ set up a legislature called general court in 1629.

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Massachusetts

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In _____, Massachusetts colonists gained the right to elect delegates to the General Court.

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1634

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______ gave ______ outright ownership of Pennsylvania but in 1701 the colonists forced him to agree : ___,___.

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British
William Penn

Only the general assembly could make laws
Only the king could overturn laws made by the general assembly.

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How were British and American colonies different ?

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British : had king(inherited), parliament (house of lords,inherited, and House of Commons,elected.)

American : governor(appointed by and paid by the colonial legislature)colonial legislatures, (upper house council made of prominent colonists and lower house or assembly , elected by men who held property.

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In the colonies _____ to ____ percent of white men could vote, which was a greater percentage than England.

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50 to 70

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Who couldn’t vote?

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English women, even those with property.
Native Americans
Africans , free or enslaved.

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In England ______ who criticized the government were punished even if it was true. However a trial in the colonies granted the freedom to publish the truth.

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Writers

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_______, publisher of the New York weekly journal, was charge with libel for printing articles that critiqued the government. Jurors found He was not guilty because the articles he published were based on facts.

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John Peter Zenger

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Because of _______ the press has a right and responsibility to keep the public informed of the truth.

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Zenger

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In 1651 the English parliament passed the first of several ___________, laws designed to funnel the colonies wealth to England.

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Navigation acts

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What are the pros of the navigation acts?

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Colonial traders had a sure market for their goods,in England.
The law contributed to a booming shipbuilding industry in New England.

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What are the cons of the navigation acts?

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Colonists begin to resent the acts because they thought they favored English merchants
Some colonists thought they could make more money if they were free to sell to foreign markets themselves.
Some colonists smuggled goods to,forging markets to avoid the acts.

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