Unit 1.2

History’s Mysteries

What is this?

What does it tell us
about the person
who made it?

What does it tell us
about the time period
in which it was
made?

The Rights of Englishmen

Americans’ attitudes about government came from their

Magna Carta –

Led to the creation of Parliament –

Established the idea of

Made the king

When the people got charters to form the colonies their
charters clearly stated that they retained the

English Bill of Rights -

Gave Parliament the right to

Reinforced the practice of

Protected people from cruel and unusual

Established freedom of

John Locke -

The Enlightenment -

The colonists brought these traditions

House of Burgesses -

Land-owning males

By the 1700s,

However, they each had a , appointed by the _________ of
_____________________

Mayflower Compact –

New England Town Meetings –

Albany Plan (“Join or Die”)-