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    This document summarizes key aspects of the early English and colonial American political systems that influenced the U.S. government: 1) Documents like the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights established principles of limited government and individual rights that the monarch could not infringe upon. 2) Representative government developed in England, where people elected delegates to make laws and conduct the government. 3) The colonies had written constitutions that protected basic liberties, elected legislatures, and separated powers between the governor and legislature. Documents like the Mayflower Compact, Great Fundamentals, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established early systems of law.

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    This document summarizes key aspects of the early English and colonial American political systems that influenced the U.S. government: 1) Documents like the Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and English Bill of Rights established principles of limited government and individual rights that the monarch could not infringe upon. 2) Representative government developed in England, where people elected delegates to make laws and conduct the government. 3) The colonies had written constitutions that protected basic liberties, elected legislatures, and separated powers between the governor and legislature. Documents like the Mayflower Compact, Great Fundamentals, and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut established early systems of law.

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    Napolitano Eamon Barkhordarian

    Period A 2/8/10
    US gov
    Section 2.1

    1. English Political Heritage


    a. Limited Government
    i. Magna Carta- the first idea government was not all powerful. .
    1. Established principles of limited government- power of monarch
    or government was limited
    b. Petition of Right
    i. Petition of rights-severely limited the king’s power. No longer could a lot
    of things happen without parliament consent.
    c. English Bill of Rights
    i. English Bill of Rights-set clear limits on what ruler could and could not
    do.
    1. Monarchs do not have divine right to rule
    2. Monarch parliament consent
    3. Monarch no interfere parliament elections etc
    4. People right to petition gov
    5. No curl unusual punishment
    d. Representative Government
    i. Representative Government-people elected delegates to make laws and
    conduct government.
    2. Government in the Colonies
    1. Written constitution basic liberties
    2. Legislature elected reps
    3. Separation of powers between governor and legislator
    b. Written Constitutions
    i. Mayflower compact- need rules to government themselves
    ii. Great fundamentals-first basic system of laws
    iii. Fundamental orders of Connecticut- laid out plan for government
    c. Separation of powers- division of powers with judicial, legislative, and executive

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