EOC review: Influences on American Government and Colonial Gover

Magna Carta

• A treaty signed by King Richard I of England
• A charter of rights agreed to by King John of England in 1215.
• A declaration of independence from the British monarchy
• A constitution written by William the Conqueror

following established guidelines and rules before taking away someone's life, liberty, or property.

• fair process
• just procedure
• correct procedure
• due process

Parliament sought recognition of four principles:
no taxation without the consent of Parliament,
no imprisonment without cause,
Habeas Corpus rights
no quartering of soldiers on subjects,
and no martial law in peacetime

• Petition of Right (1628)

• English Bill of Rights (1689)

• U.S. Bill of Rights (1791)

• Habeas Corpus wrongs

a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king

• Declaration of Independence
• English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Emancipation Proclamation
• Bill of Rights

First ten amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing individual liberties and due process of law.

• Declaration of Independence
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Constitutional Convention
• Bill of Rights

Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures

• First Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Second Amendment
• Fourth Amendment

The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due process

• Sixth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• First Amendment

No cruel or unusual punishment

• Tenth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Eighth Amendment
• First Amendment

believed that people are born selfish and need a strong central authority

• John Locke
• Karl Marx
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Thomas Hobbes

English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

• Adam Smith
• Thomas Hobbes
• Karl Marx
• John Locke