Terms we

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Terms weve learned to love

• November 5, 2008
• Teaching American History

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Meanings are not timeless

• Liberty
• Equality
• Property
• Democracy
• God

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Freedom/Liberty

• Puritans
• Liberty
• Natural
• Moral

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Puritans (New England)

• Lawtwo court systems
• Church
• Civil
• Anne HutchinsonWinthrop judge and prosecutor

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Anne Hutchinson
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Freedom of Religion

• Practice as they wished
• Forbid all others
• freemancitizenchurch membermale

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King Charles I
1625-1649
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First Amendment

• Congress shall make no law respecting an
  establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
  free exercise thereof . . .

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Martin Luther
1483-1546
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JOHNCALVIN
1509-1564
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Virginia
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Liberty and Equality

• Virginia government
• Governor and council
• House of Burgess
• Voters
• All white free men
• 1670--only landowners

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• Thomas Jefferson in Declaration of Independence
• all men are created equal and endowed by their
  Creator with inalienable rights to life, liberty,
  and the pursuit of happiness.