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Four English traditions and laws have the US copied from England:
The MAGNA CARTA or GREAT CHARTER which was signed by John Lockland in the year 1215. He was forced to sign because the Barons rebelled against his taxation abuses. In clause 39, this document states no free man could be imprisoned or punished “unless by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land”. This clause is <u>the antecedent of the trial by jury</u> and equality of all before the law.
Two-House Legislature which emulates the English Parliament with The House of Lords and The House of Commons.
Sergeants-At-Arms: after Nicholas Maudit was named by King Henry V (1415) "the first House of Commons sergeant-at-arms", sergeants had long functioned as bodyguards.
We the People: The philosopher John Locke, after the Glorious Revolution, wrote a book called “The Second Treatise of Government,” in which he argues that people and government have a "social contract" that both parties legitimize.
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they had planting season year round unlike people in the middle colonies who only had a short period if time to plant and harvest
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia.
