1. Please take out your work in the government box for today

2. 2018 HOMECOMING SPIRIT CONTEST
1ST BLOCK POLITICAL SCIENCE=67%
3RD BLOCK VIETNAM=52%
2ND BLOCK GOVERNMENT=48 %
4TH BLOCK GOVERNMENT=33%

3. Reasons for New World Settlement
~ Political Freedom
~ Religious Freedom
~ Economic Opportunity

4. Political Concepts brought from England
~ Ordered Government
~ Limited Government
~ Representative Government

5. Heritage Magna Carta--1215.
required the King to proclaim certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and he must follow the law as well.
Parliament English Bill of Rights—1689
many of the first eight amendments to the US constitution echo the contents of the 1689 Bill of Rights.

6. HERITAGE Religious, press and speech freedoms LOCKE Natural Rights
LOCKE
Natural Rights
Life, Liberty, Property
All governments should listen to its people
MONTESQUIEU
Separation of Powers
TYRANNY VS. DEMOCRACY
-Direct vs. Republic
-Greeks
-town meetings

7. Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

8. Learning Grounds for Self-Government
~ Distance Factor
3,000 miles from England
~ House of Burgesses-1619
Virginia representative assemblies
~ Mayflower Compact-1620
Abide by majority rule

9. Join or Die

10. HERITAGE REVOLUTION ENDS Americans/colonies-WIN British-LOSE
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
Articles of Confederation
1st U.S. Constitution
Fear of strong government
Made weak on purpose
States have power 9/13 

11. 1781 Articles of Confederation
Firm league of friendship
Each state keeps its sovereignty, freedom and independence
States come together for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare

12. THE ARTICLES of CONFEDERATION
WEAKNESSES OF ARTICLES
 - States were sovereign.
 - No independent executive.
 - No federal courts. Federal laws enforced by State courts.
 - No power to collect taxes.
 - No power over interstate and foreign commerce.
 - Articles could be amended only by consent of all the States.

13. States Jealous and Suspicious of Each Other
Refused to support central government financially
Made agreements with foreign governments
Taxed each other’s goods and banned some trade
Printed their own money
Economic chaos spread, Prices soared, Credit vanished, Debts unpaid

14. SHAY’S REBELLION

15. Shay’s Rebellion (1786)
Daniel Shays led a group of farmers in an armed revolt
Sought relief from debts and foreclosure of mortgages
Closed a courthouse
Attempted to capture an arsenal
Put down by state militia of Massachusetts
Pointed out economic and political instability
Need for a stronger central government

19. THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
OPEN YOUR BOOKS TO PAGES 44-47
PREAMBLE
DECLARATION OF NATURAL RIGHTS
LIST OF GRIEVANCES
RESOLUTION OF INDEPENDENCE

20. 1775 Second Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord begins the Revolutionary War
No legal base of government
Defacto government by urgent circumstance
1st national government of the United States
Carried out decisions conducting the war
1776 Declaration of Independence
Declaring independence of American colonies
Justifying the rebellion against Great Britain

21. Principles borrowed from the Declaration of Independence used to guide the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
1. All people are created equal.
2. All people have rights.
3.Governments are subjected to the will of the people. (popular sovereignty)