Warm Up

Please restate the question in your answer.

Write in complete sentences!

• 1- What was the Magna Carta?

• 2-What changes did the English Bill of Rights produce?

• 3-Describe how these two documents propelled individuals towards the desire for less power to be placed in the hands of the governing individual/body.

PEOPLE WANT POWER!!!

• http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/robin-hood/empower-every-man

Common Law

• Common Law- based on a precedent or ruling in an earlier case which was similar

The Enlightenment

• Philosophical, intellectual, and cultural movement in the 17th and 18th century. Focused on the idea of logic and reason.

• Think.. CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE!! In the way people thought.

Political Philosophers

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacque Rousseau

John Locke

• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30135-assignment-discovery-john-locke-and-his-philosophy-video.htm

John Locke

• Thought people were naturally GOOD in nature, and could govern themselves.

• Believed all people were born free and equal.

• All people guaranteed natural rights..

LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY

• Locke believed government could not take away those rights. If they did, they were breaking a social contract.

The people Government

John Locke

• “It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.”

Thomas Hobbes

• Believed government was necessary• People could not be left in control of themselves• Believed people were naturally selfish

Jean Jacques Rousseau

• "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.“

• Believed in the social contract

Age of Exploration

• Why were people exploring?

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3G’s

Age of Exploration

• This desire for , led to the establishment of colonies.

• Colonies- group of people who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere

• FOR EXAMPLE- • 13 colonies in the United States, were ruled by Great Britain

Age of Exploration

• Mercantilism• Power- Depends on Wealth

• http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bouw3MvmrYM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DBouw3MvmrYM

• Please write down 2 key facts from the video that help you better understand mercantilism

Mercantilism

Quick Write

• Why do you think mercantilism led to the colonists growing angry with Great Britain?

• Think—how were colonies used in mercantilism?

Visual Vocabulary

• Please divide your paper in EIGHT sections

• Vocabulary words which we are focusing on: Magna Carta, Enlightenment, Social Contract, Colonies, Natural Rights, 3G’S, Mercantilism, Common Law

• For each word please… • 1-Re-write the definition in your own words• 2-Use the word in a sentence• 3-Draw an image to help you better understand/remember the

vocabulary term

Current Event

• Focus on: Syria