When English immigrants came to the American colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, most assumed that they would have the same protections against government abuses of power that they had in England. The most important of these were the right to trial by jury and the right of habeas corpus, which prevented the government from jailing people arbitrarily. Other personal liberties brought from England to America included the right of accused persons to have …showed first 75 words of 494 total…

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