Social Studies English Colonies

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Magna Carta: Limited the king's power to throw people in jail at whim

The Great Awakening: preachers urged people to repent and many new churches arose

Colonial Self-Government: most white males could vote and the monarch has limited power

Slavery in the Colonies: thousands of slaves worked on plantations and some slaves revolted but all the plans failed

Colonial Society: men controlled most thing and women had very little rights and women had very little social life

The Enlightenment: Montesquieu: believed the government rights should be limited

Locke: believed all people had natural rights

Parliament: because of the Magna Carta a group of men was formed to help advise the king

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no monarch could raise taxes without the consent of parliament

a law from the bill of rights gave people freedom of the press as long as they wrote nothing against the motherland and her monarchy

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