CHAPTER 20 Section 1:Civil War and Revolution Section 2:Constitutional Monarchy in England Section 3:English Colonial Expansion Section 4: The Enlightenment.

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