Magna Carta Beliefs

Why do Americans often view the Magna Carta (1215 A.D) with more awe than the British today?

The reason why the Americans view the Magna Carta with more awe the British is because it takes power away from the king. This was the first “legal document to establish that leaders did not have arbitrary power, grant under Divine Authority, but instead were subject to the law of the land”( The Magna Carta). When people came to the new world they want to get away from the way England was ruling. Just look at the way that our country is set up today. We elect the President of the United States of America and in the England there is a royal family that control of the power in the country. The people wanted to have freedom from one person controlling

the country.
Explain the difference between Pilgrims and Puritans.

The main difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans are their religious beliefs. The Pilgrims were considered separatists and the Puritans stay with the Church of England. When Pilgrims came over to the new world they were few in numbers. But when the Puritans came over they came over “by the thousands, indeed forty to fifty thousand eventually came over” (Bill Petro). These two groups were educated very differently. The Pilgrims were considered poor and mostly uneducated. The Puritans were usually well educated and were from mostly from the upper middle class. Puritans “founded the first college, Harvard, in Cambridge (Boston)” (Bill Petro).
Why did Foner say that New England had a “healthier climate”(Foner,55) than the South?

The reason why New England had a healthier climate is because it had an even sex ratio compared to anywhere else is the new world. With having a balance of woman and men that allows for a more rapid growth of the population. When both work together there is going to be more prosperous place to live then if there were more slave dominating the land.
Explain British Common Law and how it affected the laws in the colonies.

The common law was that the king of the land was also subject to the rule of the law, ant the all people that live under his rule will have security and property.
The colonies still had to respect the king because he was the one that ruled the land at that time. Even though that he was thousands of miles away. Law also stated that you have the “right to face one’s accuser, and trial by jury came ti apply to all free subjects of the English crown” (Eric Foner pg:67). This gave the colonist rights and freedom that they my no have had in England.
Discuss the rights of English female colonists. Were they the same in each colony?

The rights of the women in the colonies were slim to none. When a woman married a man she surrendered her last name and took the man’s last name. She had to choice in this matter. Woman could not own property or even sign contracts in her name. The men controlled everything that they did all the time because they had right to.