The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights affected the colonial government by:
Magna Carta- influenced many other documents for rights; limited powers of king and over time the rights were granted to English people, not just noblemen and freemen
English Bill of Rights- the government was to be based on the laws of Parliament, not the desires of the king; later help create salutary neglect-a hands-off policy that lead the colonists to act on their own
They inspired the English colonists to create the Constitution.
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights affected the colonial government by:
Magna Carta- influenced many other documents for rights; limited powers of king and over time the rights were granted to English people, not just noblemen and freemen
English Bill of Rights- the government was to be based on the laws of Parliament, not the desires of the king; later help create salutary neglect-a hands-off policy that lead the colonists to act on their own
They inspired the English colonists to create the Constitution.
