Agenda Thurs 9/8 & Fri 9/9• Ch 1 Quiz • Rap #8: “Hangin’ Out”• Blast from the Past• Origins of America Timeline• HW: pg 32 #1-6; pg 39 # 1-7

• “Bundles” chart

Essential Question:Essential Question:What ideals and principles inspired the creation of our democratic What ideals and principles inspired the creation of our democratic government?government?

Content Objective:Content Objective: Review historical progression leading up to the writing of the Constitution.Review historical progression leading up to the writing of the Constitution.

Language Objective:Language Objective:Create a timeline of major events leading up to the writing of the Create a timeline of major events leading up to the writing of the Constitution.Constitution.

RAP #8: Hangin’ Out

““We can all hang together, or

We can all hang together, or

surely we will all hang

surely we will all hang

separately."separately."

•Suppose you have worked on writing the Declaration of Independence. •What are you thinking as you sign this document? In other words, how do you justify to your family, friends, and to yourself that the risk is worth it?

Blast from the Past

• History Lesson• No more kings

Origins of American Government

Chapter 2

Basic Concepts of Government

• Ordered Government• Government is organized• Provides Structure

• Limited Government• Government only has the power that the

people grant• Unalienable rights• Rule of Law (power not absolute)

• Representative• Government serves the people!!!!!

Important Documents

• Magna Carta (charter)• 1215• Protection against monarchy and pointless

laws• Judicial protection: trial by jury, due

process, life, liberty and property• English nobles questioned absolute power• Rule of Law established

Important Documents• Petition of Right

• 1628• Passed by Parliament• Limited government• Freedom of speech• Non-military rule

• English Bill of Rights• 1689• Established Parliament’s power over

monarchy• Limited military• FREE ELECTIONS

Types of Colonies

• Royal• Direct control of the king• Governor named by king

• Proprietary• King grants land to a person• They settle and govern the land

• Charter• Self governing

Early Plans for Revolution• Albany Plan-

• 1754 Benjamin Franklin• Create a congress among 13 colonies• Rejected by King AND the colonists

• Stamp Act Congress• Reaction to Britain’s tax on all legal

documents, newspapers, etc• Taxation without representation• Organized opposition to monarchy

1st Continental Congress• 1774• Response to Intolerable Acts• Debated plans for separating from

England in the wake of increased British presence

• Created a Declaration of rights and organized a boycott (peaceful opposition)

• Except…militias clash @ Lex & Concord (Shot heard ‘round the world)

2nd Continental Congress• Armed conflict escalates• 1775- Philadelphia• First national government of US• Signed Declaration of Independence in

1776… what date?• Created the Articles of Confederation

(early constitution)

1st & 2nd Continental Congress

• The 1st & 2nd Continental Congress rested on no legal base.

• They were put together in haste & meant to be temporary.

• The 1st attempt to establish a lasting gov’t was the Articles of Confederation.

Declaration of Independence

• What is it about?• Who wrote it?• What did it accomplish?

HW Review• Group Discussion:

• Declaration of Independence Questions• In your group, prepare the

explanation/answer for your assigned questions as follows:

A: #1-2A: #1-2B: #3-5B: #3-5C: #6C: #6D: #7-8D: #7-8

E: #9-10E: #9-10F: #11-12F: #11-12G: #13-Signing itG: #13-Signing itH: #13-Not H: #13-Not SigningSigning

“Bundles” ChartPlan/Compromise Kind of states

that benefitedProvisions (Description)

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise (aka The Great Compromise)

Three-fifths Compromise

Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

References

• McClenaghan, W. (2006). Magruder’s American Government. Boston, MA: Prentice Hall.

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