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Bell Ringer August 25, 2017 Junior Scholastic Magazine ( September 2017) Page 13 Write the Questions!! According to the bar graph, where do teens get most of their news? From where do they least get their news? Why? Which source is missing? Which source do you believe is the most reliable?

Essential Question Should tech companies be responsible for eliminating fake news?

The American Colonies and Their Government Chapter 2 – Section One

Bell Ringer August 28, 2017 The Story Matters: Read Page 37 – Write Questions & Answer in your own words Why was it risky for Colonial leaders to defy Great Britain? What English ideas of government did the American Colonist look to? It was considered treason – punishable by death English traditions of law & limited government  

Foundations of Democracy Athens, Greece: World’s First Democracy 400 BC (Direct Democracy) Rome: Republic – Representative Democracy 509 BC

Early English Influences After the fall of Rome AD 476, Kings & Lords ruled Europe for the next 700 years Magna Carta AD 1215: English Nobles force King John to sign Limited King’s power. Equal treatment under the law Limited Government Parliament formed in 1300s

English Bill of Rights English Bill of Rights 1689 Rights of ALL English citizens Parliament more powerful than King

The Enlightenment The Enlightenment: Cultural movement of new ideas about gov’t Hobbs: Social Contract - People agreed to be ruled for protection John Locke: Natural Rights – Life, Liberty, Property Rousseau: Social Contract, People decide form of gov’t Montesquieu: 3 Branches of gov’t Voltaire: Freedom of Speech

America English settlers brought these beliefs to America Mayflower Compact – Direct Democracy (Town Meeting)

Essential Question What beliefs about Government did early English Colonists bring to America? A strong belief in democracy & limited government

Page 45 – Enlightenment Thinkers What rights do people have according to these thinkers? What kind of relationship did they believe people should have with their government? Life, liberty, property, free speech, control of gov’t Gov’t gets its power from the people. It should protect the people’s rights.

Bell Ringer August 29, 2017 Page 58 Taxing the Colonies Timeline Which acts listed on the charts were not designed to raise taxes? How were the Coercive Acts different from the other acts that Parliament had passed? Neither The Declaratory Acts nor the Coercive Acts raised Taxes The Coercive Acts were intended to punish the colonies

Social & Political Changes Great Awakening: 1740 - 1760 Christian movement urging people to build a direct relationship with God. Questioned religious authority. Enlightenment: Questioned political authority

War leads to Debt & Taxes !! French & Indian War: 1750s British & Americans against French & Indians Britain & Colonists won England deep in Debt Colonists were taxed by England Colonists boycotted – Boston Tea Party (1773) England was violating English Bill of Rights

Steps Toward Independence 1st Continental Congress September 1774: Delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia & decided to send a letter to King George. Banned trade with England. The king got tougher. 2nd Continental Congress: April 1775: British troops & Colonials fought at Lexington & Concord. May 1775: Delegates meet. Independence is “In the air” . Thomas Paine’s Common Sense was being read.

Essential Question How were the ideas of colonists affected by events in the American colonies? Great Awakening & new British taxes made colonists value their rights and resent British rule.

Bell Ringer August 30, 2017 What did Benjamin Franklin mean when he said to John Hancock, “We must indeed all hang together, or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately” at the signing of the Declaration of Independence? They must pull together for independence and win, or they would all hang for treason

Essential Question Why do People create, structure, and change government? According to the Declaration of Independence, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish any government that is destructive of people’s natural rights, and institute a new government