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Powers or privileges that belong to people as
citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away
by the government.
Rights
You will need to know what was true about life on colonial farms from the perspective of
European colonists.
Clearing the land or tress
You will need to know the lasting effect as a result of the Glorious Revolution.
Allowed Parliament to retain law-making powers
Keeping power/fought about it in court (not physically)
You will need to know why the Great Awakening of 1730 happened.
People started losing faith
America always had free religious right
The Great Awakening had a powerful effect on the colonies because it helped spread the idea that all people are equal in the eyes of God.
You will need to know the chronological order of the following events: Parliament, English Bill of
Rights (found in vocabulary), Magna Carta (found in vocabulary), and the Great Awakening
(found in vocabulary).
Magna Carta (1215)
Parliament (1265)
English Bill of Rights (1689)
The Great Awakening (1730s)
M PET
An agreement made in 1215 listing the rights
granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom.
Magna Carta
You will need to know what the expectations of English colonists in America were.
Expected the same rights as English citizen
You will need to know what right the English Bill of Rights provided.
Right to petition the King
Allowed them to have their own opinion of the King
You will need to know how the Great Awakening in the 1730s prepared the colonists for the
American Revolution (Revolutionary War).
Encouraging ideas of liberty, equality, and self-reliance, the Great Awakening helped pave the way for the American Revolution.
The lawmaking body of England,
consisting of representatives from throughout the
kingdom.
Parliament
You will need to know what English tradition was adopted by all 13 colonies.
All adopted self-government
You will need to know why the English Bill of Rights was important to the colonists.
Important to colonists because it spelled out what was due to colonists as English citizens
You will need to know what slowed the growth of public education in the MIDDLE COLONIES.
Religious differences
An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that
limited the monarch’s power by giving certain powers
to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens.
English Bill of Rights
You will need to know what the lasting effect of the Magna Carta was on England.
Limit the power of kings
You will need to know what the Middle Passage was.
It was the way enslaved Africans were transferred across the Atlantic Ocean
Kept under the boat
You will need to know what colonial public schools used the New England Primer for.
Teach the alphabet, syllables, and prayers. (reading and writing)
A Revival of religious feeling and belief in the
American colonies that began in the 1730s.
Great Awakening
You will need to know how the establishment of
Parliament strengthened the rights of English
citizens in England.
Strengthen the rights of the English citizens because the laws were made by represented citizens = Democracy = Fair votes will all people
You will need to know what slavery was like in the colonies during the early to mid 1700s.
enslaved Africans were put to work in the fields raising crops, though others worked as nurses, carpenters, blacksmiths, drivers, servants, gardeners, and midwives (people who assist women giving birth).
Unlike other colonists, enslavedpeople had little hope of making a better life because they were considered property by colonial laws.
You will need to know what the main goal of education for European colonists' students in the
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES was.
children to be able to read and understand the teachings of the Bible.