CIVICS/GEOGRAPHYUnit 1 Question 3

September 16

STINGER

Identify three things that a constitution IS.Identify two ways that the United States Constitution limits government power. How can a government have a constitution without being a constitutional government?

UNIT 1 QUESTION 3

What effect did colonial experiences have on the Founders’ views about rights and government? • In what ways were eighteenth-century American and British societies similar or dissimilar in terms of the rights of individual liberty, equality of opportunity, and property?

• How did early state constitutions reflect colonial experiences as well as the ideas of classical republicanism and the natural rights philosophy?

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Web Draw a circle in the middle of the page and write the words “Influences on the

founders” Draw three circles around the middle circle and label them

Philosophy Classical republican Natural rigths

History Colonial Experiences

Fold paper in half lengthwise Label left column causes Label right column effects Keep notes in this format, drawing arrows as you go

English influences Graphic Organizers will be provided to you

INFLUENCES ON THE FOUNDERS

Colonial Experiences Salutary Neglect (leaving the colonies alone for the most part for the first 150 years or so)

Representative Democracy (Virginia House of Burgesses) Direct Democracy (Mayflower Compact) Freedom of religious belief and practice (Rhode Island) Constitutional government (Fundamental Orders of Connecticut)

Costly French and Indian War Causes Crackdown on law and taxation Dissolution of legislatures and replacement of elected governors with crown appointed governors

(Protected in Article I of the Constitution and Article IV of the Constitution) People held without charges (protected in article I) Taxation without approval by the representatives of those paying taxes (protected in article I) Trial by jury suspended (protected in Article III) People charged with treason (clear definition in Article III) Restriction of speech, press, assembly, petition (protected by first amendment in Constitution) Taking of colonial weapons (protected in Amendment 2) Housing of troops on colonial property (protected in article III) Unreasonable and unlawful searches (protected in article IV)

INFLUENCES ON FOUNDERS (CONT.)

British history Magna Carta Rights of Englishmen Habeas Corpus Trial by jury Representative democracy Separation of powers

Branches Classes

Philosophy Classical republicanism

Small, uniform communities (states?) Civic virtue (responsibilities of citizenship) Moral education

Natural rights philosophy Social contracts (written constitution) Protection of individual rights Legislative supremacy Limited Government

CHART / EXIT TICKET / HOMEWORK

Chart- to do NOW Fill in chart using We The People Book Turn in at the end of class

Exit Ticket – Write on the back of your stinger How were the founders of the American government influenced by

Classical republican philosophers? Natural Rights philosophers? English History ? Colonial Experiences?

Turn in with stinger and chart

For Homework Read Colonial Influences article and keep in your notes Complete worksheet and turn in on September 18

Celebrate Constitution Day on September 17!!