 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (the first written constitution in America and Thomas included individual rights)  Believed in democratic ideas such as elections conducted by the people  People have the power to limit the Hooker power of the government

 Influenced Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration of Independence John  Discussed legislative and executive braqnches of government;  Wrote about unalienable rights and life, liberty and protection of Locke property and limited government

 Expanded on Locke’s beliefs by adding the judiciary to Locke’s Charles executive and legislature  Wrote of the separation of powers  Believed that in a republic, de Montesquieu education is an absolute necessity

 English judge  Wrote the historical and analytical essay on Common Law William  Believed strongly in religious tolerance  Supported the idea of self-defense  Wrote about “natural rights” which

Blackstone included life and liberty

 Founded a colony in present-day Pennsylvania where Quakers could live according to their religious William beliefs and make political decision according to those beliefs.  Created an elected legislature as a feature of Pennsylvania’s self- Penn government.  Led Bible studies which questioned Puritan beliefs and divided the community in Boston. Anne  She was brought to trial, convicted, and banished from the colony.  She and her supporters resettled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and she Hutchinson later moved to New York City.

 Credited with developing indigo as a cash crop first on her family’s plantation in South Carolina and then Eliza Lucas throughout the South.

Pinckney

 1607 Jamestown  1776 Declaration of Important Independence  1787 U.S. Constitution  1803 Louisiana Purchase  1861-1865 Civil War Dates

• Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams

• Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams • Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams • Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams • Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams • Founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution in England. Roger • Founded Rhode Island in 1636 on the premise that there would be no state church. Williams