Wednesday September 21st 2016 Pick up your spirals/folders, take out a pen/pencil, your bellwork sheet, and your questions/summaries from yesterday. Bellwork due Friday 9/23. Bellwork: What do you think? What is the most important thing to have in a free country?

7 Principles of Democracy

Popular Sovereignty The people have the power in their government.

Republicanism People exercise their power by voting for their political representatives.

Federalism Power is divided between the federal government and the state governments.

Separation of Powers Power is divided among 3 branches to keep the government limited.

Checks and Balances Each branch can check, or control, the power of the other branches.

Limited Government Everyone must obey the law, including all government officials.

Individual Rights Each citizen has personal freedoms that are protected by the Bill of Rights.

Thursday September 22nd 2016 Get your folders/spirals from the front, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork sheet. Bellwork: What do you think? If people don’t enforce rules, what do you think would happen? Write “No Bellwork” for Friday and pass your bellwork forward. If you need an extra day, give em to me tomorrow. 6 Weeks Test next Thursday September 29th.

Monday September 26th 2016. Pick up your folders/spirals from the front, take out a pen/pencil and a sheet of paper to use for your bellwork. Bellwork: What do you think? What would you do with total and absolute power over a nation?

Seeds of Democracy

Reasons for the Growth of Representative Government Distance from England: 3,000 miles across Atlantic Ocean Rights and Traditions of Englishmen: land-owning males were used to enjoying political freedoms, like jury trials and representative government

Reasons for the Growth of Representative Government Salutary Neglect: British policies were rarely enforced in the colonies, due to the belief that the colonies might flourish without strict supervision. Self-Governing Colonies: distance and salutary neglect resulted in most colonies setting up their own governing bodies of elected representatives

Answer in a complete sentence in your notes. What factors led to the growth of self-government in the colonies? What English rights and traditions did colonists want to bring with them to America? Why did Britain adopt an attitude of “salutary neglect” toward the colonies? How did salutary neglect impact colonial governments?

Magna Carta (1215) Trial by jury for free men Consent from nobles to raise taxes Led to legislatures in England Watch Video!!!

English Bill of Rights (1689) Consent from Parliament to raise taxes Right to trial by jury Limited Government Individual Rights

Monday October 3rd 2016 Pick up your spiral/folder, take out a pen/pencil and your bellwork sheet. We are taking notes after the bellwork. Bellwork: What do you think? (Full Sentences!!!) What rights should people have if they’re accused of a crime? Why/ or why not?

Age of Enlightenment (1700s) Period of time where thinkers questioned monarch rule and advanced ideas of: Liberty and equality Separation of church and state Reason over religion

Age of Enlightenment (1700s) John Locke Enlightenment philosopher who believed that government: gets its right to rule from consent of those it governs (social contract) has limited powers may be modified by the people should protect the unalienable rights of its people

Age of Enlightenment (1700s) Charles de Montesquieu French Enlightenment philosopher Separation of Powers William Blackstone British lawyer and philosopher Strong influence on British law Wrote about “natural rights” Limited role and rights of women in colonial times “When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.”

Write and Answer the Question in your Notes

Virginia House of Burgesses (1619) First representative legislative assembly in the colonies Representatives (burgesses) elected by land-owning males Republicanism

Mayflower Compact (1620) Colonists created self-government (social contract) Formed a political body to make laws for the good of the colony Popular Sovereignty

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639) First written constitution in colonies People had right to elect gov’t leaders Linked voting rights to property ownership NOT church membership (church and state) Republicanism Popular Sovereignty Limited Government

New England Town Meetings Meeting houses in center of town Male Puritan church members Discussed issues, made decisions Limited direct-democracy

The Frame of Government (1681) Written by William Penn, allowed for: Freedom of speech and worship (1st amendment) Right to a trial by jury An elected legislature (republicanism) Colonial Charters Colonists guaranteed the same rights as Englishmen

U.S. Constitution The government we still use today! ALL of these documents and ideas led to… U.S. Constitution The government we still use today!

Exit Ticket: Turn in for grade on a sheet of paper. What ideas influenced the governments that were created in the colonies? What issues and events led to the Colonial Era? What significant issues and events occurred during the Colonial Era? How did New England Town Meeting promote democracy?

The Constitution What is it? What does it do? Who created it? When? Why? What’s a legislature? Popular Sovereignty Federalism Republicanism Separation of Powers Checks and Balances Limited Government Individual Rights