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Our Founding Principles Class 2

Our Founding Principles Class 2. Class Rules No Politics – Stick to Principles Use/Identify/Find Facts Distinguish Belief vs. Truth Interactive – Learn – Ask - Comment. A Little History. 1776 - Declaration of Independence 1777 – Articles of Confederation adopted

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Our Founding Principles Class 2

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  1. Our Founding PrinciplesClass 2 • Class Rules • No Politics – Stick to Principles • Use/Identify/Find Facts • Distinguish Belief vs. Truth • Interactive – Learn – Ask - Comment

  2. A Little History • 1776 - Declaration of Independence • 1777 – Articles of Confederation adopted • 1776-1780, each colony formed a republican form of government • 1781 – Battle of Yorktown – end of Revolutionary War • 1787 – Constitutional Convention, after 4 months, signed the Constitution September 17th. • 1787-1788 – Federalist Papers written & published • 1788 – Ratified by 9 states, became official • 1790 - Constitution ratified by all states , after the Bill of Rights were added.

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  14. Founder’s Goal:To form a More Perfect Union…. • Some of the founders had some ideas based on study of history, law, philosophy, and political theory • They felt that they had a unique opportunity to come up with something new and better.

  15. Freedom 0% 100% • Freedom was: Live one’s life as one wanted • Freedom to own & use property • Freedom of Religion • Freedom of Speech • Freedom of life - from harm by others • Freedom of trade • Etc. • Freedom was not: Freedom from Want • “equality of things”

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  20. Freedom 0% 100% Anarchy Democratic Autocratic Republic Natural Law Majority Citizens Government Citizens Citizens F. Constitution Government F. Government Citizens Minority Citizens S. Constitution S. Government L. Government

  21. Freedom 0% 100% Anarchy Democratic Autocratic Republic Natural Law Majority Citizens Government Citizens Citizens F. Constitution Government F. Government Citizens Minority Citizens S. Constitution S. Government L. Government

  22. Freedom 0% 100% Anarchy Democratic Autocratic Republic Natural Law Majority Citizens Government Citizens Citizens F. Constitution Government F. Government Citizens Minority Citizens S. Constitution S. Government L. Government

  23. Freedom 0% 100% Anarchy Democratic Autocratic Republic Natural Law Majority Citizens Government Citizens Citizens F. Constitution Government F. Government Citizens Minority Citizens S. Constitution S. Government L. Government

  24. Freedom 0% 100% Anarchy Autocratic Democratic Majority Citizens Government Minority Citizens Votes Tax Law $

  25. Natural Law & our Constitution • Unalienable rights including: • Right to self government, • Right to bear arms, • Right to own, develop and dispose of property, • The right to assemble, • The right to petition, • The right of free speech & press • The right to enjoy the fruits of one’s labors, • The right to contrive and invent, • The right to privacy, • The right to provide personal security, • The right to a fair trial, • The right of free association, • The right to contract. • Unalienable Duties, including: • To not take the life of another except in self-defense, • To not steal or destroy the property of another, • To be honest in all transactions with others, • For parents and to protect, teach, feed, clothe & shelter children, • To support law and order and keep the peace, • To help the helpless, • To maintain the integrity of the family structure, • To perpetuate humanity, • To not promote or participate in the vices which destroy personal and community life, • To follow rules of moral rectitude. • Habeas corpus • Limited government • Separation of powers • Checks and balances • Justice by reparation or paying of damages • No Taxation without Representation • Justice System

  26. Marcus Tellius Cicero 106 – 43 BC, Italy Roman Statesman, lawyer, scholar & writer The Founders favorite expounder of Natural Law

  27. “Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and given him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the new wonderful good society which shall now be Rome’s, interpreted to mean more money, more ease, more security, and more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.” –Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC)

  28. Our Founding PrinciplesClass 2 End • Class Rules • No Politics – Stick to Principles • Use/Identify/Find Facts • Distinguish Belief vs. Truth • Interactive – Learn – Ask - Comment

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