1. Thursday 10/2/14 Agenda Homework Philosophy Requiz
Important Events Notes
Work on Bingo Card
Finish Bingo Card

2. Civics and Economics Day 28

3. Origin of American Government Notes

4. Ideas from the Enlightenment
Magna Carta (1215)
The king needed money to finance a war, so he made a deal with the nobles.
The King is subject to his own rules. (RULE OF LAW)

5. Rights of the Magna Carta
Property could not be seized by the government
Taxes had to be approved by a council of important of men
People could not be put on trial without witnesses against them.
Trial by Jury.

6. Ideas from the Enlightenment
Parliament
English law making body
Gained strength and removed King James II
Bicameral legislature (lawmaking body. 2 Houses: House of Lords and House of Commons)

7. Glorious Revolution King James was an unpopular ruler.
He was replaced by William and Mary in 1689.
Because no one died in the transfer of power, this became known as the Glorious Revolution.
William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights into law.

8. English Bill of Rights
Limited the power of the King by saying the king could not:
Impose excessive taxes
Control the army
Create special courts that took away the people’s rights.

9. English Bill of Rights
Also guaranteed that the people of England should have:
Freedom of Speech
Fair Trail by Jury
No excessive Bail or punishment

10. English Bill of Rights in Action: John Peter Zenger and freedom of the press
John Peter Zenger was put on trial for criticizing the royal governor of New York in a newspaper in 1736.
Criticizing government officials was illegal at the time.
Zenger was found not guilty because his comments were true.
Zenger’s trial was the first step in freedom of the press in America.

11. English Bill of Rights in Action: John Peter Zenger and freedom of the press
John Peter Zenger was put on trial for criticizing the royal governor of New York in a newspaper in 1736.
Criticizing government officials was illegal at the time.
Zenger was found not guilty because his comments were true.
Zenger’s trial was the first step in freedom of the press in America.

12. Philosophers

13. Review Locke-Inalienable Rights (Life, Liberty, Property)
Montesquieu- Checks and Balances, Separation of Power
Rousseau- Social Contract
Voltaire- Freedom of Speech

14. Hobbes
Life Without government would be “ solitary, poor, brutish and short”
State of Nature
Humans naturally compete for territory, resources and power.
Wrote Leviathan

15. Term and Definition Bingo
I want you to make a 5 x 5 Bingo board with a free space in the middle. I want you to use your notes and fill your spaces with the names of documents/events and philosophers that we had from todays notes and the notes before, as well as the definition of, what they accomplished, or how they were influential. Winners of Bingo will have

16. Eligible Terms Hobbes State of Nature Locke Inalienable rights
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Magna Carta
Parliament
Glorious Revolution
English Bill of Rights
John Peter Zenger
Democracy
Authoritarian
State of Nature
Inalienable rights
Social Contract
Checks and Balances
Freedom of Speech
Rule of Law
Bicameral Legislature
Peaceful Transition
Big Changes ex: Fair Trial
Freedom of Press
Government with Voting
Government controlled by person/group