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2.1 OUR POLITICAL BEGINNINGSTEXTBOOK PAGE 28
THEN START READING SECTION
NOTES BEGIN AT 10.40
AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD07 OCTOBER 2013
2.1 OUR POLITICAL BEGINNINGS
AMERICAN GOVERNMENTMR. HOOD`S NOTES07 OCTOBER 2013
WHY IT MATTERS NOW?
OUR SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE CONCEPTS AND POLITICAL IDEAS THAT COLONISTS BROUGHT WITH THEM WHEN THEY SETTLED NORTH AMERICA. THE COLONIES SERVED AS A SCHOOL FOR LEARNING ABOUT GOVERNMENT.
AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE OF
1776
US SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT DIDN`T JUST
SPRING INTO ACTION
NOR WAS IT CREATED BY THE FRAMERS OF THE
CONSTITUTION IN 1787
IT HAPPENED IN THE MID SIXTEENTH
CENTURY
EXPLORERS, SETTLERS, TRADERS MADE THEIR WAY TO NORTH
AMERICA
LED TO EUROPEAN DOMINATION OF
CONTINENT
ENGLISH CAME IN LARGEST
NUMBERS
ENGLISH CONTROLLED ORIGINAL 13
COLONIES
OBJECTIVE 1IDENTIFY THE THREE BASIC
CONCEPTS OF GOVERNMENT THAT INFLUENCED
GOVERNMENT IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES.
EARLIEST SETTLERS BROUGHT GOVERNMENT
WITH THEM
LAWS, CUSTOMS, PRACTICES,
INSTITUTIONS
SHAPED GOVERNMENT IN THE
UNITED STATES
1 – ORDERED GOVERNMENT
LOCAL ORDERLY REGULATION
2 – LIMITED GOVERNMENT
NOT ALL-POWERFUL, RESTRICTED
3 – REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
SERVE THE WILL OF PEOPLE
OBJECTIVE 2EXPLAIN THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE FOLLOWING LANDMARK DOCUMENTS:
THE MAGNA CARTA, THE PETITION OF RIGHT,
THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS.
THESE NOTIONS TRACED BACK TO ENGLISH LANDMARK
DOCUMENTS
THE MAGNA CARTA 1215
MONARCHY WAS NOT ABSOLUTE RULE
THE PETITION OF RIGHT 1628
CHALLENGED IDEA OF DIVINE RIGHT OF KINGS
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1688
PREVENT ABUSE OF POWER BY MONARCHS
OBJECTIVE 3DESCRIBE THE THREE TYPES
OF COLONIES THAT THE ENGLISH ESTABLISHED IN
NORTH AMERICA.
ENGLAND`S COLONIES DESCRIBED AS
“13 SCHOOLS OF GOVERNMENT”
AMERICANS FIRST BEGAN LEARNING ABOUT
GOVERNMENT
13 COLONIES ESTABLISHED SEPERATELY OVER SPAN OF
125 YEARS
1ST COLONY 1607: VIRGINIA
13TH COLONY 1733: GEORGIA
EACH BORN OUT OF DIFFERENT SET OF
CIRCUMSTANCES
SO EACH HAD ITS
OWN CHARACTER
VIRGINIA: ORGINALLY ORGANIZED AS COMMERCIAL
VENTURE
COLONISTS WERE EMPLOYEES OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY
MASSACHUSETTS: PEOPLE LOOKING FOR GREATER PERSONAL + RELIGIOUS
FREEDOM
GEORGIA: FOUNDED AS A HAVEN FOR DEBTORS, VICTIMS OF ENGLAND`S
HARSH LAWS
BUT ALL OF THEM SHAPED BY THEIR ENGLISH
ORIGINS
EACH COLONY ESTABLISHED ON BASIS
OF A CHARTER
CHARTER: WRITTEN AUTHORITY
OF THE KING
THIS LED TO 3 DIFFERENT
KINDS OF COLONY
1 – ROYAL COLONIES
DIRECT CONTROL OF THE CROWN
EIGHT ROYAL COLONIES
NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA
KING NAMED GOVERNOR, SERVED AS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
A COUNCIL SERVED AS ADVISORY BODY TO ROYAL
GOVERNOR
BICAMERAL: LEGISLATIVE BODY WITH
2 CHAMBERS
GOVERNORS RULED WITH A STERN HAND, FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS FROM
ENGLAND
2 – PROPRIETARY COLONIES
ORGANIZED BY PERSON WHOM THE KING HAD MADE A GRANT OF
LAND
THREE PROPRIETARY COLONIES
MARLYAND, PENNSYLVANIA, AND DELAWARE
GOVERNOR WAS ELECTED BY
PROPRIETOR
PENNYSYVANIA WAS UNICAMERAL: LEGISLATIVE BODY
WITH 1 CHAMBER
3 – CHARTER COLONIES
LARGELY SELF-GOVERNING
TWO CHARTER COLONIES
CONNECTICUT + RHODE ISLAND
GOVERNORS ELECTED BY WHITE, MALE, PROPERTY OWNERS
MANY SAY THAT IF ALL HAD BEEN CHARTER
COLONIES…
…THE REVOLUTION MIGHT NEVER HAVE
HAPPENED