CHAPTER 20
Section 1: Civil War and Revolution
Section 2: Constitutional Monarchy in England
Section 3: English Colonial Expansion
Section 4: The Enlightenment
Section 5: The American Revolution
Enlightenment and Revolution in England and America
SECTION 1
Question:What were some of the causes of the English Civil War?
Civil War and Revolution
SECTION 1
Civil War and Revolution
longstanding conflict between
royalty and Parliament
general population rejected radical
Puritans’ attempted changes in the church
English Civil War
efforts of Long Parliament to limit the
monarchy’s power
Irish rebellion
SECTION 2
Question:What laws did Parliament create to protect against arbitrary rule?
Constitutional Monarchy in England
SECTION 2Constitutional Monarchy in England
Safeguard
Habeas Corpus Act
English Bill of Rights
Act of Toleration
protected individuals from unfair arrest and imprisonment
declared Parliament would choose who ruled the country; subjected ruler to parliamentary laws; prohibited ruler from imposing taxes or maintaining an army in peaceful times without Parliament’s consent; guaranteed free speech for members of Parliament; gave citizens the right to petition the government; declared citizens should not be required to pay excessive bail or be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
granted Protestant dissenters some religious freedoms
Purpose
Israel and the Occupied Territories
SECTION 3
Question:What are some effects of mercantilism?
English Colonial Expansion
SECTION 3
English Colonial Expansion
conflict over resourcesaggression colonization
Mercantilism
SECTION 4
Question:What were the beliefs of philosophers during the Enlightenment?
The Enlightenment
SECTION 4
The Enlightenment
edited Encyclopedia, criticized society
wrote Spirit of the Laws, described “perfect” government
wrote Candide, championed freedom of thought and religion
wrote The Social Contract, believed in sovereignty
Diderot Montesquieu Voltaire Rousseau
SECTION 5
Question:What British policies were implemented in the mid-1700s, and how did the American colonists react to them?
The American Revolution
SECTION 5
The American Revolution
Colonists were forbidden to settle in the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Colonists felt that Britain was curbing their liberties.
Britain wanted to avoid American Indian uprisings.
British Policy Colonial Reaction Possible British Cause
Chapter Wrap-Up
1. How did many political writers and philosophers of the 1700s see the relationship between people and their government?
2. What were the sources of the political ideas that led to the American Revolution and the United States Constitution?
3. Why did British policy anger many Americans in the years following 1763?
1. How did many political writers and philosophers of the 1700s see the relationship between people and their government?
2. What were the sources of the political ideas that led to the American Revolution and the United States Constitution?
3. Why did British policy anger many Americans in the years following 1763?
CHAPTER 20
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