The Roots of Our Democracy

1. The Roots of Our Democracy

2. Babylonians develop system of government-write Hammurabi’s code First Government

3. The Bible: • Hebrew prophets developed the idea of all people being equal, created in the image of God. • The idea caring for the weaker members of society.

4. The ancient Greeks and Romans were the first civilizations in history to create governments based on Democracy • DEMOS = PEOPLE • KRATIA = RULE • Athens created a direct democracy in 508 B.C. • Rome later developed an indirect democratic system. Greeks and Romans

5. Romans write down constitutional principles on Twelve Tablets Catholic Church redefines power and authority Romans

6. The Magna Carta • British Document • King John forced to recognize his power was limited by the Barons • First step toward limited government

7. King John • John ruled England from 1199 to 1216. He faced the following problems: • He quarrelled with the Pope about how to run the Church. • John went to war twice against the French king. He lost almost all the land that his father had gained in France! • John raised taxes in England to pay for the wars. This upset his BARONS! He ordered them to pay far more tax than earlier kings had done! • How did Barons strike back? • In 1214 many barons rebelled against John. • In 1215 the barons forced John to grant a charter, which was the first time anyone had expected an English king to obey a set of rules.

8. The Magna Carta I, King John, accept that I have to govern according to the law. So I agree: 1. Not to imprison nobles without trial 2. That trials must be in courts; not held in secret by me 3. To have fair taxation for the nobles 4. To let freemen travel wherever they like 5. Not to interfere in Church matters 6. Not to seize crops without paying for them …. and lot more things too!!

9. It was his lifelong conviction that what was needed to regenerate Europe was sound learning applied frankly and fearlessly to the administration of public affairs in Church and State. Believed strongly in human rights, equality, and human freedom "laid the egg that Luther hatched“ Contemporary of Martin Luther and Machiavelli erasmus

10. Luther leads reformation of Catholic Church His letter to the Pope entitled “Freedom of a Christian”, which is what finally got him excommunicated (thrown out of the Church), stated that "there is no basic difference in status and dignity ... between laymen and priests, princes and bishops, religious and secular. Before God all are equal.” Martin Luther

11. Theologian, pastor and political reformer during Protestant Reformation Calvin takes reformation further Led Geneva, Switzerland, to be a self-governing theocracy Believed in public education, support for the poor, predestination, free will, individual responsibility and equality Followers in France called Huguenots, in Scotland called Presbyterians, in England and the American colonies called Puritans John calvin

12. The Petition of Right The Petition of Right sets out specific liberties that the king is prohibited from infringing. It was passed by Parliament in May 1628, in response to abuses by the King, and agreed to by Charles I taxes can be levied only by Parliament martial law can’t be imposed in time of peace prisoners may challenge their imprisonment through the writ of habeas corpus. ban on the housing of troops is reflected in the Third Amendment to the United States Constitution.

13. The Bill of Rights Passed by Parliament in December 1689, it defined certain rights to which subjects and permanent residents of a constitutional monarchy were thought to be entitled in the late 17th century. 1. subjects' right to petition the monarch 2. the right to bear arms 3. restates requirements of the Crown to seek the consent of the people, as represented in parliament

14. The Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first self-governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Almost half of the colonists were part of a separatist group seeking the freedom to practice Christianity according to their own determination and not the will of the English Church. It was signed on November 11, 1620 by 41 of the ship's one hundred and two passengers,in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod

15. The Great Awakening 1730-1740

16. Reasons for The Great Awakening • Gave colonists a shared national religious experience • Preachers felt that people needed to be concerned with inner emotions as opposed to outward religious behavior • People in New England could read and interrupt the Bible on their own

17. George Whitefield • Puritan Minister who used raw emotional sermons to reach all classes of colonists • Preached that “good works” and “godly lives” would bring you salvation

18. Jonathan Edwards a Puritan Minister terrified listeners with his sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

19. Outcomes of the Great Awakening • Birth of deep religious convictions in the colonies • New churches built to accommodate new members • Colleges founded to train new ministers

20. Outcomes of the Great Awakening • Encouraged ideas of equality and right to challenge authority • Birth of charity and charitable organizations • Spread of ideas of self-government

21. The Enlightenment • A movement in the 1700’s that rejected traditional ways of life and looked for a more rational and scientific way to explain the world we live in • It was an emphasis on the sciences and reason to explain things

22. Enlightenment Arguments • Generally we are good and our environment influences us • The use of science and reason could answer life’s mysteries • Science and reason could also answer man’s questions concerning government and himself

23. Outcomes of the Enlightenment • Great surge of literacy in the colonies • Newspapers and book publications increase • Schools are synonymous with new towns and villages • Deism, God is the great clock maker

24. Outcomes of the Enlightenment • People are born with natural rights • Government has an obligation to protect those natural rights • Kings have no right to govern people, people empower government

25. John Locke 1632-1704 • Life, Liberty and Property • The right to alter or abolish • Baron de Montesquieu 1712-1778 • separation of powers • Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1689-1755 • Social contract • Consent of the governed • Voltaire 1694-1778 • freedom

26. Samuel Adams • Born in Boston, Massachusetts • Educated at Harvard • Enters politics after he fails in his business venture • Serves in both the 1st and 2nd Continental Congresses • A leading political organizer against the British in the colonies • He is a leader in the Boston Tea Party and of the Sons of Liberty

27. Samuel Adams • At the Boston Massacre it is believed that he played a major hand in inciting the Sons of Liberty to antagonize British troops • He will sign the Declaration of Independence

28. Benjamin Franklin • Born in Boston, Massachusetts leaves school to help father in his business as a soapmaker • Printer in Philadelphia and later an editor for the Pennsylvania Gazette

29. Benjamin Franklin • Writes Poor Richard’s Almanac which becomes popular for it’s American proverbs • Scientist, writer, businessmen, statesman, publisher, represented American Enlightenment and inventor • Responsible for helping get the French to join the colonies against the British

30. Thomas Jefferson • A Virginia plantation owner • He will write many political pamphlets that criticize British policies in the colonies • Served in the Virginia House of Burgesses several terms

31. Thomas Jefferson • He will attend both Continental Congresses • He will write the Declaration of Independence in 1776 • He is governor of Virginia during the war

32. Educated at Harvard Delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress On the Declaration writing committee with Thomas Jefferson Not a popular leader like his second cousin, Samuel Adams. Instead, his influence emerged through his work as a constitutional lawyer and his intense analysis of historical examples The second President of the United States (1797–1801) John Adams

33. Thomas Paine • English Quaker who arrives in the colonies in 1775 • Writes in 1776 Common Sense, a political pamphlet that criticizes the British monarch, supports colonial rebellion and justifies starting a new government

34. Thomas Paine • Common Sense will push colonies to rebel • Writes American Crisis, which inspires colonial soldiers to continue fighting against the British