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session iRights of Englishmen

session iRights of Englishmen

Course Outlinei. Rights of Englishmen

ii. A More Perfect Union

iii.The Document (C2)

iv. The Interpretation (C3)

v. First Amendment

vi. Second Amendment

vii. Rights of the Accused

viii. “Living Constitution” vs. Original Intent

questions to answer in this sessionwhat were the major documents comprising the 18th century English constitution?

how did the 148 year colonial experience prepare British subjects to govern themselves?

what were the three types of colonial governments?

why did Britain follow a policy of salutary neglect, 1607-1675?

what changed Britain’s colonial policy in 1676?

what were the policies which “impelled [us] to the separation” of 1776?

how did the experience of writing state constitutions pave the way for writing the U.S. Constitution?

preview of today’s session

Magna Carta, 1215

Petition of Right, 1628

Habeas CorpusAct,1679

King Charles II1660-1685

his brotherJames II1685-1688

EnglishBillof

Rights,1689

Before the white man came...

Amerindian Culture Groups

Sessions Remaining

A More Perfect Union

The Document (C2)

The Interpretation (C3)

First Amendment

Second Amendment

Rights of the Accused

“Living Constitution” vs. Original Intent

questions to answer in this sessionwhat were the major documents comprising the 18th century English constitution?

how did the 148 year colonial experience prepare British subjects to govern themselves?

what were the three types of colonial governments?

why did Britain follow a policy of salutary neglect, 1607-1675?

what changed Britain’s colonial policy in 1676?

what were the policies which “impelled [us] to the separation” of 1776?

how did the experience of writing state constitutions pave the way for writing the U.S. Constitution?

Franklin’s Albany Plan of Union, 1754

TheBeaver Wars1609-1680

17th Century tribal territories (approximate)

colonial westward settlement halts at the Piedmont

Plateau

Jamestown Colony

2007 reenactment400th anniversary

“Brown Gold”

signing the Mayflower Compact1620

The “Merrie Monarch” pays his debt to the Penn family

James StuartDuke of York1644-1685

James II1685-88

New York, 1664

Governor Andros

The Gustawenta(Covenant Chain)

Bacon sets fire to Jamestown, 1676

Leviathan appears again

King Philip’s War, 1675-76

Andros & his IroquoisAllies end the warbut trigger Bacon’s

Rebellion in 1676

Andros’ Dominionof

New England,1686-89

Andros a prisoner

1733Prime Minister Walpole’s

advice:“Don’t kill the goosewhich lays the golden

eggs”

1759- General Wolfe, here dying, conquers

New France

The Proclamation Line of 1763

Three “T”s

Taxes

Troops

Tea

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

George Masonprincipal author

of the VA Constitution &the US Bill of

Rights

Mason’s homeGunston Hall

...but that’s another story