Origins of American Government

Cause: To make peace between the King and several rebel barons
Effect: Promised the protection of church rights, access to swift justice, and more.

Cause: To prevent anarchy in the new settlement
Effect: Kept everyone bound to the contract

Cause: King James I revokes the Virginia company's charter
Effect: Virginia becomes a Royal Colony

Cause: King Charles was abusing his subjects and overstepped the Magna Carta
Effect: The King was legally required to respect the rights of his subjects

Cause: Disputes among settlers in Connecticut
Effect: Settled disputes and gave voting rights to more men

Cause: The forming of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Effect: Guaranteed many individual rights

Cause: A series of mistreatment of the English people
Effect: Guarantees many rights to citizens and Parliament

Cause: Unfair taxation on the American Colonies
Effect: The stamp act was repealed and the Declaration Act was put into effect

Cause: Passage of the Intolerable Acts
Effect: The Revolutionary War

Cause: Long history of mistreatment by England
Effect: The formation of the United States of America