Essential vocabulary: Philosophers: People who think about big questions. Examples: What’s the meaning of life? How do we know what truth is? What is moral or immoral? State of nature: How people live when there are no governments, rules or laws to follow. Social contract: An agreement between the people and their government that says what they promise to do for each other. Natural rights: Rights that all men are born with and should never be taken away. Common good: What is best for everyone in society, not just individuals. Separation of powers: Dividing up government into branches, and giving each branch a particular job to do. Checks and balances: The branches of government check on each other to make sure everyone is following the rules, and power is balanced so that no one branch has too much power. Executive: The leader of the government whose job it is to execute the laws; in other words, enforce them and make sure they are being followed. Legislative: Writes laws. Judicial: Judges and courts. The judicial branch interprets the laws, or decides what the laws actually mean.
Does the US have a written, unwritten, or both? Support your position with at least three clear points. To be handed in. Written constitution: A single document that organizes government and describes its powers. Example: US Constitution Unwritten constitution: A constitution made up of many documents and traditions, including court rulings, which have evolved and changed over time. Example: British system
An agreement between the people and their government that says what they promise to do for each other.
How is the social contract defined in our Declaration of Independence and in our US Constitution? Did England break the social contract? Answer in three sentences. ◦ The social contract is defined as the people giving up some power to the government in exchange for the government protecting our natural rights. Find one place in the Declaration of Independence that show the definition of the social contract. Find three places in the Declaration of Independence that show the social contract being broken. Hand in one copy with all group members names on the sheet. Social contract: An agreement between the people and their government that says what they promise to do for each other.
Page 693 text 1620 The Mayflower Compact, signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. compact compact
Settlers in N. America Where did they settle Goals of settlement Spanish French EnglishJamestown Puritans Answer page 700 #2 and #4
Acrostic poems are poems that start each line with the letters of a word. Example: ◦ P: pretty soon I will ask you to do this ◦ O: Only you will complain ◦ E: Even so we’re going to do it ◦ M: Many, many times.
1. Timeline of American Revolution 2. Essential vocabulary 3. Three parts of the Declaration of Independence showing social contract. 4. Notes on Mayflower Compact 5. Notes on written versus unwritten constitutions
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Due 10/28 Use your text pages Write two letters to the editors of two colonial newspapers. 1.One supporting the British involvement in its American colonies 2.One supporting the colonists’ arguments for independence
Write three points that you learned yesterday and today in your notebook. Tomorrow we start the French Revolution!
On a separate sheet of paper that you will turn in for a grade. You do NOT have to write the questions Answer: 1.Why was the Mayflower Compact important? 2.How was the social contract defined in the Declaration of Independence? 3.Define natural rights and give two examples.
1. What was significant about the Mayflower Compact? a)It created a new type of money to be used in the American colonies. b)It solidified the King’s control over the Massachusetts colony. c)It was the first written guidelines for government in the new world. d)It was an agreement between the settlers and the natives and created Thanksgiving. 2. Which is not evidence that the United States has an unwritten as well as written constitution: a)The Northwest Ordinance is a significant federal (national) document that created new guidelines for the US government. b)The Supreme Court makes decisions that create precedents and new rules. c)England drafted the Magna Carta. d)Congress passes laws that change the way we apply the US Constitution.