Creating AmericaInfluential DocumentsCreating America

Influential Documents

Magna CartaMagna Carta

1215, England King John is facing an insurrection

from his noble class They want guaranteed rights The Compromise- a binding

document describing rights King John and his "heirs, for ever"

grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties the great charter described

First form of Representative Government in England

1215, England King John is facing an insurrection

from his noble class They want guaranteed rights The Compromise- a binding

document describing rights King John and his "heirs, for ever"

grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties the great charter described

First form of Representative Government in England

Magna CartaMagna Carta

Influence on Constitution US Bill of Rights - No person shall...be

deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law

Magna Carta - No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,...or in any other way destroyed...except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to none will we deny or delay, right or justice.

Influence on Constitution US Bill of Rights - No person shall...be

deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law

Magna Carta - No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,...or in any other way destroyed...except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to none will we deny or delay, right or justice.

Mayflower CompactMayflower Compact

1620, Provincetown Harbor Created aboard the Mayflower to establish

a “government” before the Pilgrims went on shore

Meant to establish peace and teamwork Can be seen as first American

Constitution

1620, Provincetown Harbor Created aboard the Mayflower to establish

a “government” before the Pilgrims went on shore

Meant to establish peace and teamwork Can be seen as first American

Constitution

Mayflower CompactMayflower Compact

Mayflower Compact- Having undertaken… a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually… covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic… to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices… for the general good of the Colony

Constitution- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Mayflower Compact- Having undertaken… a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually… covenant and combine our selves together into a civil body politic… to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices… for the general good of the Colony

Constitution- We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America

Colonial ChartersColonial Charters

Late 1500- 1600, The New World Charters were a contract between the

English king and the American colonies

Guaranteed their rights and freedoms as citizens of England living in the New World

Outlined what they could and could not do

Late 1500- 1600, The New World Charters were a contract between the

English king and the American colonies

Guaranteed their rights and freedoms as citizens of England living in the New World

Outlined what they could and could not do

Colonial ChartersColonial Charters

Connecticut Charter 1662- We do for Us, Our Heirs and Successors… declare [that we] shall have and enjoy all Liberties and Immunities of free natural Subjects within any the Dominions of US… as if the they and every of them were born within the realm of England

Declaration of Independence - For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

Connecticut Charter 1662- We do for Us, Our Heirs and Successors… declare [that we] shall have and enjoy all Liberties and Immunities of free natural Subjects within any the Dominions of US… as if the they and every of them were born within the realm of England

Declaration of Independence - For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments

Virginia House of BurgessesVirginia House of Burgesses

Jamestown, 1619 Created for the first colonial

settlers to promote self government

Elected representatives met once a year to decide on laws and raise taxes

Jamestown, 1619 Created for the first colonial

settlers to promote self government

Elected representatives met once a year to decide on laws and raise taxes

Virginia House of BurgessesVirginia House of Burgesses

House of Burgess provided for elected officials to meet and discuss colonial issues

Constitution – All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the Untied States

House of Burgess provided for elected officials to meet and discuss colonial issues

Constitution – All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the Untied States

John LockeJohn Locke

1690, England An “enlightened” Englishman who wrote

the very influential work “Two Treatises on Government”

Argues for natural rights (guaranteed rights from birth)

Argues against divine right (monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God)

1690, England An “enlightened” Englishman who wrote

the very influential work “Two Treatises on Government”

Argues for natural rights (guaranteed rights from birth)

Argues against divine right (monarchs get their authority to rule directly from God)

John LockeJohn Locke

Second Treatise- (Equality is ...) That equal right which every man hath, to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man

Declaration of Independence- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Second Treatise- (Equality is ...) That equal right which every man hath, to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man

Declaration of Independence- We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Thomas PaineThomas Paine

1776, Philadelphia Hobbes, an American, publishes a

pamphlet called Common Sense where he insults King George and calls for American independence

His thoughts spread like wildfire; 500,000 copies were sold in 6 months

1776, Philadelphia Hobbes, an American, publishes a

pamphlet called Common Sense where he insults King George and calls for American independence

His thoughts spread like wildfire; 500,000 copies were sold in 6 months

Thomas PaineThomas Paine

Common Sense - Every thing that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART.

Declaration of Independence- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it

Common Sense - Every thing that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ‘TIS TIME TO PART.

Declaration of Independence- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it