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- In order to understand the foundations of our government today and that of our founding fathers, we need to take a look back, way back. This is a picture of King John. His actions angered the people of England, especially the English nobles. You know the story of Robin Hood, well he is the King they are fighting. Using their power, the nobles forced King John to sign a charter protecting the fundamental rights of the people.
- Although many of the rights protected under the Magna Carta only served a small portion of the population—the wealthy nobles—it served as a foundation for future protection of rights for all people.
- So why is the Magna Carta a document as old as dirt, so important to our history? Without individual rights our entire lives would be dictated by the government. Another document is also important…
- Around 1628 England was experiencing Civil Wars between the monarchy (King/Queen) and Parliament, The Civil Wars saw the power of England being exchanged between Parliaments and a monarch. Prior to King William and Queen Mary seen here, the Parliament were in charge of the government but needed assistance so they restored King James who was Catholic, but when his wife had a son the Parliament feared they would return England to a catholic monarchy so they forced out King James and placed his daughter a protestant from a previous marriage and her husband to the throne and had them sign the English Bill of Rights. Many of the settlers going to the colonies in the 1630s and later were used to certain individual rights in England which they felt extended to the New World. Tomorrow we will discuss how those individual rights transferred to the colonies.
- The English men and women who traveled to the New World were English citizens. They expected to maintain their English rights while in the American colonies. So, to ensure their rights they established colonial governments.
- A colonial assembly consisted of persons elected as representatives to government.
- It is importance lies in the belief that for government to be legitimate, it must come from those it governs.
- The Fundamental Orders is a short document that contains 11 Orders. These adopted principles were later applied in helping shape the United States Constitution. Government is based on the rights of an individual, and the orders spell out some of those rights, as well as how the government ensures them.