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Tenets in Practice

Tenets in Practice. 8.26.13. Brief Timeline. First Continental Congress Military conflict with British Second Continental Congress Declaration of Independence Articles of Confederation Constitutional Convention. Use of the Tenets.

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Tenets in Practice

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  1. Tenets in Practice 8.26.13

  2. Brief Timeline • First Continental Congress • Military conflict with British • Second Continental Congress • Declaration of Independence • Articles of Confederation • Constitutional Convention

  3. Use of the Tenets • Think of the ideals of the Founding Fathers/Framers of the Constitution. Connect their actions to their ideas of: • Personal liberty • Equality • Popular consent, majority rule, and popular sovereignty • Civil society • Individualism • Religious faith and religious freedom

  4. In-Class Reading • APPARTS • Alexis De Tocqueville feared that our preoccupation with individual freedoms would be our undoing. Do you agree with Tocqueville’s warning? What sorts of current social issues would lend credence to Tocqueville’s warning?

  5. Homework Reading • APPARTS • Is Bryce on target over one hundred years later? What has happened to the idea of equality in America in this post-porcelain, post-earthenware age?

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