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PATH TO FREEDOM

PATH TO FREEDOM. Section 2:2 Mrs. Coxwell. MAGNA CARTA 1215. The nobles rebelled against King John. Forced him to sign the Magna Carta . This protected the nobles because it limited the power of the Monarch by establishing “RULE OF LAW.”. VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES 1607.

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PATH TO FREEDOM

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  1. PATH TO FREEDOM Section 2:2 Mrs. Coxwell

  2. MAGNA CARTA1215 • The nobles rebelled against King John. Forced him to sign the Magna Carta. • This protected the nobles because it limited the power of the Monarch by establishing “RULE OF LAW.”

  3. VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES1607 • Colonists chose two representatives from each county to meet with the Governor (22 men called Burgesses) • 1st Representative legislature in the Colonies. • Marked the beginning of self government in Colonial America.

  4. MAYFLOWER COMPACT • Government created by Pilgrims at Plymouth. • 41 men signed Compact. • People met at town meetings. • Established Direct Democracy with majority rule.

  5. ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1689 • Document that limited the power of the monarch and gave rights to all citizens of Great Britain.

  6. MERCANTILISM 1760 • George III took over Great Britain. • British adopted the Mercantilism Policy. • They tried to squeeze as much wealth as possible out of its colonies. • Mercantilism is the theory that a country should sell more than it buys.

  7. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1763 • This was a long and costly war fought between the British and the French. To cover the cost of its war, the British placed heavy taxes on the American Colonies

  8. STAMP ACT 1765 • Tax that required colonists to attach expensive tax stamps to all newspapers and legal documents. • Colonists resented because they did not have representation in Parliament. • Colonists protested through boycotts.

  9. DECLARATORY ACT 1766 • After Stamp Act was repealed, Parliament passed Declaratory Act that stated Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American Colonies “IN ALL CASES.”

  10. TOWNSHEND ACTS 1767 • Levied new taxes on goods imported to the colonies. The taxed goods included: glass, tea, paper, and lead. • These were things that the colonists needed because they could not produced them. • This angered the colonists and they brought back the boycott.

  11. TEA ACT 1773 • Gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea. (Created a monopoly) • Led to the Boston Tea Party. • Parliament passed the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts). This restricted the colonists’ rights. The Intolerable Acts took away trial by jury and allowed British Soldiers to search and move into Colonists’ homes.

  12. THE 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS 1774 • Colonial governments banned together to fight Intolerable Acts. 12 of the colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia. They sent a letter to King George III demanding that the rights of the colonists be restored. • At the end of the meeting, delegates vowed to hold another meeting if their demands were not met.

  13. LEXINGTON AND CONCORD APRIL 1775 • King George responded with force. • Two battles took place in Mass. • This made colonists begin to talk about Independence.

  14. 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MAY 1775 • Delegates met in Philadelphia. • Debated for 3 months about the course of action that the colonists should take. • Most wanted to stay loyal to Britain.

  15. COMMON SENSE JAN. 1776 • Pamphlet wrote by Thomas Paine. • He called for complete independence from Britain. • This encouraged many colonists to want independence.

  16. THE DECLARATION JULY 1776 • More than half the delegates of the 2nd Cont. Congress agreed with Paine. The Congress appointed a committee to draft a document to officially announce the Independence of the colonies. • Thomas Jefferson did all of the work. • The Declaration explains why the US should be a free nation.

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