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🏛️ 3. The Influence of the British Model & the American Revolution -…
🏛️ 3. The Influence of the British Model & the American Revolution
A. Britain’s Constitutional Monarchy
Key Events: :explode:
Magna Carta (1215): First limit on the king’s power
Habeas Corpus Act: Protection from unlawful imprisonment
Bill of Rights (1689): Gave Parliament power over laws and taxes
Glorious Revolution (1688): End of divine right of kings
Key Figures: :fire:
King John (Magna Carta)
Parliament
William III & Mary II (accepted limits on monarchy)
Key Ideas: :tada:
Law is above the king
Power is shared between monarch and Parliament
Monarch rules with Parliament’s consent, not divine authority
B. The American Republican Model
Context: :black_flag:
Colonists influenced by British law and political ideas
Wanted to push liberty further
Key Events: :explode:
U.S. Constitution (1787): Created a government without a monarch
Bill of Rights: Protected individual freedoms
Key Ideas: :tada:
Popular sovereignty (power comes from the people)
Separation of powers (executive, legislative, judicial)
No king or inherited power
Written constitution to prevent tyranny
C. France: Absolutism vs. Revolutionary Influence
Before the Revolution: :pencil2:
Absolute monarchy (e.g., Louis XVI)
No representative government
Influences: :fountain_pen:
From Britain: constitutional monarchy
From America: republican ideals and individual rights
Key Event: :explode:
Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789): Liberty, equality, popular sovereignty
Key Idea: :tada:
France followed a more radical path but was inspired by British and American models of limiting power
🧠 What to Remember for the Quiz:
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Britain limited royal power gradually through Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, and Parliament
Parliament became more powerful than the monarch
America built a more radical model (no king, full republic)
France started as absolute monarchy but drew inspiration from both