English Constitution written in 1215.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Ruled by king or queen

• Common Sense

• Monarchy

• Parliament

• Self-Government

the English law-making body

• English Bill of Rights

• Monarchy

• Parliament

• Magna Carta

the  king offered to punish crimes and resolve disputes

• Right to Justice

• Right to fair trial

• No Excessive Punishments

• Self-Government

a fair hearing, based on evidence and the law

• right to justice

• right to fair trial

• self-government

• Common Sense

Written by the Pilgrims when traveling to the new world. Discusses the idea of self-government.

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

Idea from the Mayflower Compact that allows the people to govern themselves.

• parliament

• right to justice

• Right to fair trial

• Self-Government

Added to the Magna Carta in 1689 that deals with constitutional matters and civil rights

• English Bill of Rights

• Monarchy

• Parliament

• Mayflower Compact

unfairly harsh punishments

• self-government

• no excessive punishments

• right to fair trial

• right to justice

“common sense” for the colonists to break away from Britain and establish their own independent republic without a king. Paine favored a system of representative self-government in which people elected their own representatives to govern them.

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense