1. No Warm-Up: 10/6/17
Come in and take a seat- we will be debriefing over the Ch. 4-6 Test grades- they’re posted online.
All electronics (Phones, etc.) need to be put away unless you are using one of my tablets or you have asked for permission to use your own computer to take notes.

2. Announcements/Upcoming Assignments
No School on Monday, October 9, 2017
PSAT Testing on Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Fall Projects are DUE for a MAJOR GRADE on Thursday, 10/12/17. (One week from today)
No late projects will be accepted*
Friday, October 13, End of the 1st 9 Weeks Marking Period
The Artificial River- Reading Quiz over Ch. 2-3 ( Friday, October 13, 2017)

3. Chapter 7: Founding a Nation
Key ideas/high points to know:
The Articles of Confederation (written in 1777, ratified by all 13 states 1781)
The first written constitution of the United States:
One-house Congress
No president
No judiciary
The only powers granted to the national government were those for declaring war, conducting foreign affairs, and making treaties.

5. At a meeting in Annapolis (September 1786), delegates called for a convention to amend the Articles of Confederation in order to avoid anarchy and monarchy.
Delegates quickly agreed the Constitution would create a legislature, an executive, and a national judiciary.
The key to stable, effective republican government was finding a way to balance the competing claims of liberty and power.
A compromise over the shape of Congress emerged from debates over the Virginia and New Jersey Plans.
Virginia Plan (favored by more populous states): two-house legislature where state's population determined representation in both houses
New Jersey Plan (favored by smaller states): one-house legislature in which each state cast one vote
Compromise: two-house Congress consisting of Senate (each state had two members) and House of Representatives (apportioned according to states' populations)

6. The Limits of Democracy:
The Constitution left the determination of voter qualifications to the states.
The new government was based on a limited democracy.
Federal judges would be appointed by the president.
The president would be elected by an electoral college, or, in the case of a tie in that body, by the House of Representatives.
Electoral College- The Electoral College process consists of the selection of the electors, the meeting of the electors where they vote for President and Vice President, and the counting of the electoral votes by Congress.
The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. A majority of 270 electoral votes is required to elect the President. Each state’s entitled allotment of electors equals the number of members in its Congressional delegation: one for each member in the House of Representatives plus two for your Senators. 

7. The Division and Separation of Powers:
The Constitution embodies federalism and a system of checks and balances.
Federalism refers to the relationship between the national government and the states.
The separation of powers, or the system of checks and balances, refers to the way the Constitution seeks to prevent any branch of the national government from dominating the other two.