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The four sources does America derive its basic concepts of government are
- Babylonian Code
- Hebrew Law
- The Romans
- Puritan Ethic
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The three landmark English documents and the rights given by each:
- Magna Carta
- Petition of Right
- English bill of Rights
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Magna Carta,
- -1215
- -trial by jury, due process
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Petition of Right
- -1628
- -trial by jury of peers, no martial law, challenges divine right theory
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English bill of Rights
- -1689
- -freedom from excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment, no taxation without representation
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The three types of English colonies and how they were governed:
- Royal
- Proprietary
- Charter
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Royal
governed by the king
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Proprietary
governed by a business man
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Charter
selfgoverned (by the colonists)
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Examples of growing colonial unity
- -New England Confederation
- -Albany Plan
- - Stamp Act Congress
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