Good morning! Please get out your notes on American political philosophy and specific parts of the US Constitution. On a yellow sticky note list specific parts of the Constitution where you found influences of American political philosophy. One per sticky note Be prepared to share & explain.

Review GQ1 - What were the basic political beliefs of Americans in Revolutionary Period? GQ2 – How did those political beliefs shape the government they created? Political Philosophy Where in Constitution?

Gallery Walk & Document Analysis GQ3 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? GQ4 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South. POVL

Gallery Walk - Example Document A Excerpt of the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776 …We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness… POVL & Statement of Significance in reference to G3 or G4.

So what? What is the story that these documents tell? How can we use them to address G3 & G4? GQ3 - How were the seeds of conflict planted in the early national period? GQ4 - Evaluate the impacts of slavery and of expansion in the growing divide between North & South.