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10/29/15 1 What motivated the framers of the US Constitution to reorganize the government? SS8 Ice Cream? Imagine we are going to have an ice cream party and can only have one flavor. Who would want chocolate? Vanilla? Strawberry? Something else? Read: Wanted: A Just Right Government Wanted: A government that has… Has enough _________ to do its job Doesn’t give anyone too _______ power Considers the needs of all ________ Lets people have a ________ Protects individual _________ much say powers rights states In 1777, the Americans wrote their first plan for government in a document called the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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What motivated the framers of the US Constitution to reorganize the government? SS8

Ice Cream?

  Imagine we are going to have an ice cream party and can only have one flavor.   Who would want chocolate? Vanilla? Strawberry?

Something else?

  Read: Wanted: A Just Right Government

Wanted: A government that has…

  Has enough _________ to do its job

  Doesn’t give anyone too _______ power

  Considers the needs of all ________

  Lets people have a ________

  Protects individual _________

much

say

powers

rights

states

In 1777, the Americans wrote their first plan for government in a document called the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

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Articles of Confederation

  A confederation is a group of individuals united together for a purpose.

  Each state was independent and had its own government.

  Each state would send representatives to the “Congress of the Confederation.”

  The Congress was the only central government. There was no President.

  In Congress, each state got one vote.

•  Congress had no way to enforce its laws!

•  Congress had no power to collect taxes to pay for the military!

•  The Articles could only be changed if all the states agreed!

•  States get to keep their power and independence!

•  No government telling the states what to do.

•  Congress had the power to create a military to protect all the states.

A Rocky Relationship

Hey, this sounds great! Wait! Not so fast…

Pop Quiz!

True or False?

  Under the Articles of Confederation…   A President would lead the country?

  States would be independent?

  States with more people got more votes in Congress?

  Congress did not have the power to collect taxes?

  Congress could pass laws and force states to follow them?

  The first American government was created?

Activity

  Draw the chart in your notebook on page 27, right side

  Cut and paste the cause and effect statements in your chart

  Reflect: On page 27, left side, explain how we went from British Rule to the Constitution.

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Cause and effect of the stages of US government WhataretheguidingprinciplesoftheUSCons=tu=on?

TheIdeasBehind“WethePeople”

PartsofCons=tu=on  Preamble=openingstatement“Wethepeople”

  7Ar=cles:  Ar=cle1:Legisla=veBranch  Ar=cle2:Execu=veBranch  Ar=cle3:JudicialBranch  Ar=cle4:Rela=onsbetweentheStates  Ar=cle5:Amendingprocess  Ar=cle6:Cons=tu=onisSupremeLawofLand  Ar=cle7:Ra=fica=onprocess

WhatarePrinciples?

  Aprincipleisakindofrule,belief,orideathatguidesyou.

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How do Principles work in the Constitution?

  PrinciplesguidetheCons=tu=on,justhowprinciplesguidepeople.

  Principlesarethevaluesandbeliefsofthecountryandhelpusmakedecisions.

Seven Principles of the Constitution

1.  PopularSovereignty

2.  Republicanism

3.  Separa=onofPowers

4.  ChecksandBalances

5.  LimitedGovernment

6.  IndividualRights

7.  Federalism

Activity   Using textbooks or devices research your group’s assigned

principle.

  Assign each group member a role:   Reader   Recorder   Illustrator   Presenter

  Create a poster that describes your principle, illustrates your principle, and tells where it is located (Constitution, Bill of Rights, Amendments).

  Be prepared to teach the class about your principle.

Principles Overview