Our Political Beginnings

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Our Political Beginnings
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Basic Concepts of Government

• Ordered Government
• The first English colonists saw a
• Limited Government
• Government is limited in what it may do,

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Basic Concepts of Government/Important English
Documents

• Representative Government
• Magna Carta (Great Charter)
• People could not deprived of their lives,

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Landmark English Documents

• Petition of Right
• The king must
• English Bill of Rights
• Gave people rights such as freedom from excessive
  bail/fines and

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Government in the Colonies

• Each colony was established on the basis of a
  charter
• Over time, three different types of colonies were
  formed
• Royal, Proprietary, and Charter

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Royal Colonies

• Subject to DIRECT control of the Crown
• Government type
• King named a
• Two-house legislature
• A council, named by the king, served as an
  advisory body
• Laws passed by legislature had to be approved by
  governor and Crown

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Proprietary Colonies

• Proprietor
• A person to whom the king had
• The land could be governed as
• Similar government to that of the Royal Colony
• Difference

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Charter Colonies

• Largely self-governing
• Governors were
• Laws
• Made by legislatures were
• Judges were appointed by the legislature