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ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. THE COLONIAL PERIOD. GROUND RULES FOR DEBATE. 1. NO SWEARING 2. NO GENDER BASHING 3. NO RACIAL BASHING 4. DISCUSS THE FACTS 5. IT IS OKAY TO DISAGREE…YOU ARE DISAGREEING W/ A TOPIC, NOT THE PERSON 6. DON’T TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY

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ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

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  1. ORIGINS OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT THE COLONIAL PERIOD

  2. GROUND RULES FOR DEBATE 1. NO SWEARING 2. NO GENDER BASHING 3. NO RACIAL BASHING 4. DISCUSS THE FACTS 5. IT IS OKAY TO DISAGREE…YOU ARE DISAGREEING W/ A TOPIC, NOT THE PERSON 6. DON’T TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY 7. APPROPRIATE WRITE-UP FOR YOUR PACKET 8. EVERYONE PARTICIPATES 9. NO LYRICS…DISCUSS THE ISSUES

  3. ENGLISH INFLUENCE ON AMERICAN GOVT 1. PARLIAMENT 2. JOHN LOCKE 3. MAGNA CARTA 4. PETITION OF THE RIGHT 5. ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS

  4. INFLUENTIAL ENGLISH PRINCIPLES OF GOVT 1. LIMITED GOVT 2. REPRESENTATIVE GOVT

  5. AMERICAN COLONIAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOVT 1. SIGNING THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT 2. CREATION OF REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLIES 3. GREAT FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CT

  6. DEMOCRATIC CHAR. OF COLONIES 1. REP. GOVERNMENT 2. SOME FREEDOM OF RELIGION 3. WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS 4. SEPARATION OF POWERS

  7. UNDEMOCRATIC CHARACTERISTICS 1. LIMITED SUFFRAGE 2. LIMITED FREEDOM OF RELIGION

  8. COLONIAL GOVT PRACTICES 1. WRITTEN CONSTITUTION 2. LEGISLATURE OF ELECTED REPS 3. SEPARATION OF POWERS

  9. ENGLISH POLITICAL HERITAGE LIMITED GOVT: POWER OF GOVT IS NOT ABSOLUTE 1ST APPEARED IN THE MAGNA CARTA (1215): KING JOHN FORCED TO SIGN PROVIDED FOR PROTECTION AGAINST UNJUST PUNISHMENT

  10. PETITION OF THE RIGHT SEVERELY LIMITED POWER OF ENGLISH MONARCH (1628) CHARLES I TOOK THRONE IN 1625 AND DISOLVED PARLIAMENT WHEN HE CALLED PARLIAMENT INTO SESSION THEY FORCED THE KING TO SIGN PETITION OF RIGHT…

  11. ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS • 1688: GLORIOUS REVOLUTION…WILLIAM AND MARY TAKE THE THRONE AS JAMES II VACATES • PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL OF RIGHTS: • NO DIVINE RIGHT TO RULE • MUST HAVE PARLIAMENTS CONSENT TO SUSPEND LAWS, LEVY TAXES • FAIR AND SPEEDY TRIAL • NO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

  12. REPRESENTATIVE GOVT ENGLISH PARLIAMENT WAS A REP. ASSEMBLY WITH POWERS TO ENACT LAWS UPPER CHAMBER: HOUSE OF LORDS, ARISTOCRACY LOWER CHAMBER: HOUSE OF COMMONS, MERCHANTS/PROPERTY OWNERS

  13. JOHN LOCKE AND NATURAL RIGHTS WROTE TWO TREATISES OF GOVT IN 1690 TEXTBOOK OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION ALL PEOPLE POSSESS NATURAL RIGHTS OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY

  14. GOVT IN COLONIES EACH ENGLISH COLONY HAD ITS GOVT CONSISTING OF GOVERNOR, LEGISLATURE AND COURT SYSTEM ALL COLONISTS OWED ALLEGIANCE TO MONARCH

  15. WRITTEN CONSTITUTIONS MAYFLOWER COMPACT: FIRST COLONIAL PLAN FOR SELF GOVT…PILGRIMS GREAT FUNDAMENTALS (1636): FIRST SYSTEM OF LAWS IN ENGLISH COLONIES…PURITANS FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CT (1639): GAVE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO ELECT GOVERNOR, JUDGES AND REPRESENTATIVES

  16. TEACHING A LESSON TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO TEACH A LESSON TO MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ON THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR YOU SHOULD PUT TOGETHER NOTES OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS BE SURE TO INCLUDE: 1. CAUSES OF THE WAR 2. ANY MAJOR BATTLES 3. IMPORTANT PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES 4. RESULTS OF THE WAR

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