1. 7 Principals of Government!

2. FLIP RoCS! Federalism Limited Government Individual Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Republicanism
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers

3. Federalism: Established the division of power between the National and State Government.
Limited Government: Government has only the powers that the Constitution gives it.

4. Individual Rights: individual rights every citizens has; identified in the Bill of Rights. Popular Sovereignty: The people have the right to create, alter and abolish their government. Republicanism: Government in which the citizens choose representatives to govern them.

5. Checks and Balances: Safeguards against abuse of power by giving each branch of government the power to check the other.
Separation of Powers: Powers of government are divided among separate branches.

6. Balancing Act!!

7. Issue: How will states get representation in legislature? (A voice)

8. Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Large states liked Edmund Randolph
Small states liked
William Patterson

9. Bicameral
Two houses!!!
House of Representatives AND Senate

11. COMPROMISE

12. Great Compromise Virginia New Jersey Plan Plan Bi-cameral legislature
House of Representatives based on population
Senate is based on equal representation

13. Warm-up. 5 minutes – How did ideas from the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact and English Bill of Rights influence the U.S system of government? Examples of each!

14. Review Great Compromise
Draw a picture to explain Bi-cameral.
Include the following:
Senate
House of Representatives

15. 3 minutes/Warm Up!
Why do you think a delegate/representative at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 would refuse to sign the Constitution? (a hint is in the picture)

16. Questions that needed to be answered regarding slavery.
The issues:
Would slaves be counted for population?
Would slaves be counted for taxation?

17. VS . Southern States Northern States
Yes! Count slaves for the purpose of representation in the House.
No! Not to tax us.
Northern States
No – do not count slaves to give the South more representatives
Yes – count them to tax the South!
VS .

18. 3/5 Compromise – 3 minutes 4. Inside the hand write the words
Draw your hand.
Draw faces on each finger and thumb.
Shade the fingers that represent
slaves that would count
under the
3/5 Compromise.
4. Inside the hand write
the words
population and taxation.

19. What does this word mean??
Federal

20. What does this word mean??
Federal –
having to do with the government

21. ANTI - AGAINST

22. Federalists Anti-Federalists
What do you think a federalists would want?
What do you think an ANTI-federalists would be against?

23. Copy definitions in your journal
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Supported a strong national government
Supported the states having more power and the federal government having less power
Patrick Henry

24. 5 minutes/5 sentences
You only get to keep 2 of the 5 following amendments. Which 2 would you keep and why?
Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom of press
Freedom of petition
Freedom of assembly

25. Warm UP!
Use your brain to answer the following question…

26. Warm Up! 11-12-15 Federalist believe ____________
Anti-federalist believe ___________

27. Conflict influences change…

28. To ratify or not ……
that is the question.
Lesson 3

29. Federalists Federalist – Favored the Constitution
Favored government control
Developed pamphlets, speeches and newspaper editorials to sway the nation to support the Constitution
Promised to amend the Constitution with a Bill of Rights once it was passed
Ratification required 9 of 13 states (69%)

30. I AM A FEDERALIST! Alexander Hamilton
I wanted to go beyond stated powers of the Constitution.
I used the “necessary and proper” clause to justify forming the national bank.
I said that a national bank was necessary and proper for the United States economy to develop.
I served as delegate at Constitutional Convention.
Alexander Hamilton

31. I’M A FEDERALIST TOO! James Madison
I am the Father of the Constitution
I helped write Federalist Papers
I authored the first 10 amendments(i.e. Bill of Rights) to appease the Anti-federalists
James Madison

32. Anti-federalists
Attacked the Constitution because of lack of attention paid to individual liberties (i.e. Bill Of Rights)
Supported a state-centered authority

33. I’M AN ANTI-FEDERALIST!!
I opposed to strong-central government.
I didn’t attend the Philadelphia Convention. I “smelled a rat.”
I am famous for a Revolutionary Era speech.“Give me liberty or give me death”
Patrick Henry

34. I’M AN ANTI-FEDERALIST TOO!
I was an Anti-federalist leader.
I believed government power needs to be restricted.
I supported individual rights.
I served at the Constitutional Convention.
George Mason

35. Get a Grey Book!
Copy the chart on page 124 in your journal. Organizations of U.S Constitution.
Copy the chart on page 125 in your journal. Branches of Government.
Copy the chart on page 128 in your journal Separations of Power.
Copy the chart on page 129 in your journal. Amendment Process.

36. Why did religious freedom develop in the United States?

37. Religious Freedom

38. 1600’s Massachusetts Bay Colony
Religious Freedom
Plymouth Colony ?
1600’s Massachusetts Bay Colony
1631 Rhode Island

39. Religious Freedom 1681 – 1776 Pennsylvania ? 1689 Maryland
1789 Bill of Rights

40. Religious Freedom - Answers
Plymouth Colony
Self-governing
Independent congregations, electing its’ own pastor and officials
1600’s Massachusetts Bay Colony
Churches were democratic when electing officials
Church was very close to state government
1631 Rhode Island
Founded by Roger Williams
Separated church and state

41. Religious Freedom - Answers
1681 – 1776 Pennsylvania
William Penn frames government by writing the constitution for Pennsylvania
Promised religious freedom to all settlers
1689 Maryland
Established as a haven for Catholics
Toleration Act – Protected Catholics on Maryland, later overturned by Protestants
1791 Bill of Rights
Guaranteed freedom of religion
freedom from government interference

42. Federalist or Anti-Federalist YOU DECIDE!
“States should have more power than the federal government.”
James Madison
Patrick Henry
“The federal government should have more control than the state government.”
“The Constitution is no good if it doesn’t have a something to protect my individual liberties.”
“The Constitution is just fine the way it is.”
“A national bank is necessary for the economy of the country to grow.”
George Mason
Alexander Hamilton
10. Are you ready for the Unit 4 test tomorrow?

43. Which right would you give up and why?

44. Something to think about….
Why would the states make a point to include religious freedom the their constitution?

45. Impact of freedom of religion
Americans have the right to
The government doesn’t have the right to interfere with
Protects the separation of church and
worship as they please.
religious beliefs.
state.

46. What are the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?

47. What is the importance of free speech and press in a constitutional republic?

48. Importance of Freedom of Speech & Press
These rights are the way that we protect our individual rights. We can express information, ideas and opinions without fear of government interference.

49. U.S Constitution - Lesson 4

50. Warm-UP: Write down 5 things that you see occurring in the painting.

51. Art by Howard Christy
What does this art represent about the signing of the Constitution in 1787?
What do you think the delegates were thinking?
Do you think that the delegates who signed the Constitution felt the same feelings as the signers of the Declaration of Independence? Why or why not?