1. Open House 2017 – Home Room – Ms. Neese
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2. 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?

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

4. The American Colonies and Their Government
Chapter 2 – Section One

5. 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

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

7. 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

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

9. 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

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. 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

19. 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