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Marchers ruled but noble families gain power by land in exchange for loyalty, tax money, military support.
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Limited power of monarchs- no one can be above the law
Trail by ones peers.
Everyone can get equal treatment under the law -
1300s next king developes a group that represents common people called parliament
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1st represantitive assembly/legislature in England colonizes.
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Established Direct Democracy
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English writer who believes that people are born free and equal and independent
Born with natural rights to life,liberty,property that no government could take away there freedom
Government most contain social contract
People give up part of there freedom in exchange for protection of the natural rights. -
First written constitution in America
Assembly of selected reps. from each town to make laws
Popular elections of the governer and judges. -
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These are all together
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Parliament removes king James the 3rd and replaced him with his daughter Mary and husband William
From this time on no ruler would have more power than parliament -
Divided branches of government into different parts to balance each other out so no one can become to strong.
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Further restricted monarchs power
Guaranteed free elections to parliament
Right to a fair trail
Eliminated cruel and unusual punishment. -
Wrote the social contract
People alone have the right to determine how they should be governed. -
Colonists are not feeling that they have rights of Native England people because of the taxes + limitations placed. They had been self-sufficient, representative government for 100 + years.
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First discussion of colonies for union against the British government.
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Can't live on land west of the apilation mountains.
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Tax on all paper goods.
Colonists must provide barracks and supplie the British troops. -
1766
Stamp act repealed, established Declaratory Act- Parliment has the right to tax and make decisions for American colonists in all cases. -
Allowed British government costume officers to enter anywhere.
Suspected of smuggling ( because many colonists where doing this because of taxes and boycotting. -
5 man died. They over reacted from that.
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British could ship tea to the colonists without a tax. Making it cheaper to buy.
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This state was the first continental congress
They wrote to king George the 3rd saying
We demand you restore the rights as British citizens. -
1st battle of the American revolution
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2nd Continental Congress
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Thomas Paine writes a pan flit called common sense comit treason from England this document helps people to rebelle. Moved many insiders colonists for the belief that independence was the only course of action.
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It lists
Lists of completeions against the king
Beliefs about independent rights
Pulled from ideas of Locke and Montesquie