US History Ch 5.1

Slide 1: U.S. History Chapter 5: Life in the English Colonies Section 1: Forms of Government

Slide 2: Colonial Governments •Charters: –Proprietary –Company –Royal

Slide 3: Colonial Governments • Privy Council • Governors

Slide 4: Colonial Assemblies • Parliament: England’s national legislature • Bicameral—law making body made up of two houses

Slide 5: Parliament House of Lords House of Commons

Slide 6: Congress House of Senate Representatives

Slide 7: Colonial Assemblies • Powers: raise taxes, organize governments, control military • Governor & Advisory Council: had to approve all laws

Slide 8: Colonial Assemblies • Virginia Assembly (1619): – Council of State – House of Burgesses Debate in the House of Burgesses

Slide 9: Colonial Assemblies • New England: Town Meetings • Southern Colonies • Middle Colonies

Slide 10: Colonial Courts •Influenced by royal officials •Supported local interests & ideas

Slide 11: Colonial Courts • 1733: John Peter Zenger criticizes NY governor • Libel—false statements that damage a person’s reputation

Slide 12: Colonial Courts • Andrew Hamilton: Zenger can publish whatever he wants so long as it is true— even if it is damaging! Zenger’s Newspaper

Slide 13: Colonial Courts • Chief Justice: “Nothing can be worse to any government than to have people attempt to create distrust of it.” • Zenger found not guilty

Slide 14: The Dominion of New England • 1685: James II becomes King of England King James II

Slide 15: The Dominion of New England • 1686: northern colonies united under single government called the Dominion of New England • Sir Edmund Andros named governor Sir Edmund Andros

Slide 16: The Glorious Revolution • James II attempts to restore Catholicism • Parliament requests Mary & William come to rule England

Slide 17: The Glorious Revolution King William III Queen Mary II • Glorious Revolution: Mary & William of Orange overthrew James II of England

Slide 18: The Glorious Revolution • 1689: colonists remove Andros from power • William & Mary reissue charters • English Bill of Rights established