🗽American colonists inherited their political ideas from England, particularly the concept of limited government and basic civil liberties.
📜The Magna Carta and the Petition of Right were important documents in England's political heritage that influenced the colonists' views on government.
🤝The English Bill of Rights established basic civil liberties, many of which were later incorporated into the U.S. Bill of Rights.
🏛️Each colony had an elected colonial assembly, a separate executive branch headed by a governor, and a system of courts.
✊The colonial assemblies held real political power and represented the will of the colonists.