1. Roots of Representative Government
Week 1-4

2. Do NOW: Active study – you have a quiz in 5 minutes!

3. What are some Freedoms we have in America?
Think/Pair/Share

4. How would you feel if these freedoms were taken away?
Think/Pair/Share

5. Representative Government
United States is a representative democracy
We elect people to REPRESENT us in government
Citizens have personal freedoms

6. Representative Government
Before:
After
People believed they were not worthy unless royalty
People worked for master and king
Few men owned all the land or the king did
British colonies ruled by King of Great Britain and Parliament
People believed they had rights
People worked together to rule with majority vote
ALL citizens matter and have a voice
People represented in government by president and Congress

7. MAGNA CARTA(English) (1215)
English document that took power away from the king of England and gave them to the people
Parliament (English legislative branch) had greater power over king to make decisions
Gave the people the right to a jury trial

8. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
Time period in the 1600s that emphasized reason and science to obtain knowledge

9. William Blackstone English lawyer
established the concept of “rule of law” that rights could NOT be violated by government

10. Charles Montesquieu
French philosopher to established the idea of “separation of powers.” (Different parts of the government have different responsibilities)

11. John Locke
Englishmen who established the idea of “government with the consent of the governed.”
“life, liberty and property.”
Purpose of government was to protect rights of people. If government failed to do this, it could be overthrown.

12. ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS (1689)
English document giving English citizens individual rights
Right to bear arms(weapons)
No new taxes without Parliament’s approval

13. VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES
(1619) First elected representative government in the colonies
First time people voted in the colonies
Had power to make laws for colony

14. MAYFLOWER COMPACT (1620) Plymouth, MA
Social contract for “self government” and “the rule of law”
Written by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower ship

15. FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT
(1639)
First state constitution that established due process of the law (there are procedures law enforcement has to follow)
Written by Thomas Hooker

16. Puritans and Pilgrims
Came to British colonies for religious freedom beginning in the 1600s
Believed everyone should read the Bible and learn moral lessons – had free schools
Hard work and living moral life would get you into heaven
First representative colony in British colonies – Mayflower Compact said “Self-government”

17. William Penn (1681) Given grant from king to found Pennsylvania
Quaker (peaceful religion)
Pennsylvania founded for religious freedom

18. THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING
(1720s – 1740s)
Era of religious passion and excitement
People found individual relationship with God
Began to form own opinions about Bible

19. Closure: What themes do you see in the thinking of our early roots
Closure: What themes do you see in the thinking of our early roots? (Put your IB thinking caps on)