Enlightenment and Colonial America

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Enlightenment thinker who believed governments should serve the people

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John Locke

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Three Natural Rights according to John Locke

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Life, liberty, and property

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Social Contract concept

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Citizens agree to give up some rights for government protection of natural rights

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Limited government in the Magna Carta

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First time power of king was limited

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Rights given in the Magna Carta

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Trial by jury, rule of law, and due process

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English Bill of Rights ended struggle between

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Citizens, nobles, and king

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Rights under the English Bill of Rights

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No taxation without approval, trial by jury, right to bear arms, freedom of speech, no cruel punishment

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Montesquieu’s idea of Separation of Powers

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Government should be divided into different branches

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Montesquieu’s idea of Checks and Balances

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Branches should have equal power and limit each other

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George III's expectation to pay French and Indian War debt

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Taxing colonists