Foundations of government
charter: a document giving permission to create a government.
only rich men who owned land could vote. Africans were consideredproperty not people.
a man published an article about the government abusing their power. the governer put him in jail, there was a trial held for him and he was found not guilty.
his case inspired the colonists.
that was the start of freedom of speech
greater freedom of religion
citizenship in america is different than that of other places.
english nobles began to challege the monarch's power
we began to get rights
the bill of rights was passesd
limited the manarch power even more, ex. the king and queen could not limit our freedom of speech.
citizens participated in government
branches of government formed, and we formed and actual system.
legislator: a group of people chose to make laws
heritage: te traditions passed down to us from generation to generation.
people were searching for religious freedom.
few people allowed to vote
monarchs used to rule over the english people. Leaving them with no authority.
some monarchs used their power wisly, some abused it
once the monarchs had limitied power, a representative government came after a while
we got natural rights
rights that we were born with that no one could take away
john locke said that government is to support and serve the people
he alsosaid that any government that abuses its power, should not be obeyed