POL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: British America
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Property qualifications for voting: less restrictive than in england (more people owned land in the colonies, (must own land to vote. Religious qualifications to vote: much more restrictive than property qualifications. Why england believed that it was right: wanted colonists to help pay for french and indian war that was waged on their behalf, colonists rejected offers of representation in parliament. Why colonists thought they were right: unfair taxes (sugar and tea acts) English used these taxes to fund the french and indian war: tyrannical monarch ignored colonists civil liberties, believed in popular sovereignty (people have the power) A summary view of the rights of british america . Written in 1774 by thomas jefferson: author od the dec of independence 2 years later, originally distributed to virginia"s delegates to he continental congress. The intellectual framework of the right to rebellion. The theoretical underpinning of what american governance strives to protect against.
