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Magna Carta
1215 - English Document that
limited the king's power
Magna Carta and English
Bill of Rights
From where we get the idea of trial by jury
Reasons for Colonization
Economic (commercial) and Religious
Jamestown
1607 - Founder: John Smith
House of Burgesses
1st representative government in the
colonies (1619)
Mayflower Compact - 1620 Pilgrims
SELF-GOVERNMENT - could
be called our first constitution
Indentured Servant
Worker who wanted to come to the
colonies and traded their labor for
passage
Elections (Chosen Assemblies)
Elections contributed to the expansion of
representative democracy
Limited Government
Term limits for elected officials like
governors and presidents (idea from the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Fundament Orders of Connecticut
Influenced the U.S. Constitution
Salutary Neglect
Britain ignored the colonies before the French
and Indian War, so the colonies took care of
themselves
Middle and Southern Colonies
Fertile soil for farming
New England Colonies (Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire)
Poor soil, depended on the ocean for
food and economy
Colonial Regions
Economies ($)
Geographical differences led to
different ways to make money
Plantation Agriculture
(farming)
Southern Colonies - depended on slave
labor to work large areas of land
Colonial Boundaries
East - Atlantic Ocean
West - Appalachian Mountains
Southern Colonies
tobacco, rice, indigo
Coastal Cities (Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Charleston)
Along the coast for access to markets
provided by natural harbors
Mercantilism
Economic system the British use to
make money off the colonies
After the French and Indian War
British gov't thinks it is fair to tax the
colonies to pay off war debt
Proclamation of 1763
Law forbidding movement west of
the Appalachian Mts. - colonists feel
controlled
Charles de Montesquieu
Separation of Powers constitutional principle which
prevents abuse of power
Colonial Grievances against
the King
Addressed by the Constitution in
1787
Lexington and Concord
1st battle of the American
Revolution
Thomas Paine Common Sense
Encouraged American
independence
George Washington
Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army
Unalienable Rights
(Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness)
Rights all humans have that cannot
be taken away without due
process(court system)
John Locke - Life, Liberty, Property
Inspired Thomas Jefferson when
writing the Declaration of
Independence
Government's Job
Protect people's rights and liberties
Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Break-up letter to King George III list of grievances against him
Battle of Saratoga
American victory, turning point,
convinced France to send military aid
Revolutionary Heroes
Patrick Henry, Ethan Allen, Samuel
Adams, George Washington
John Paul Jones
U.S. naval hero who received the
Congressional Gold Medal for "valor
and brilliant service"
Foreign Fighters who helped the
Continental (American) Army
Don't be LSY!
Remember the order of the major
battles.
Treaty of Paris, 1783 (Peace treaties are signed to end wars)
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron Von Steuben
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Bernardo de Galvez
Lexington and Concord (1st battle)
Saratoga (turning point)
Yorktown (last battle)
Officially recognized
American independence