Government (Povletich)

Chapter 2: Origins of American Government

Section 1: Our Political Beginnings

English and Colonial Political Ideas

Reading Guide

Section 1: Our Political Beginnings

As you read, answer the following questions.

1) What is ordered government?

2) What is limited government?

3) What is representative government?

4) How did the Magna Carta affect English government?

5) How did the Petition of Right affect English government?

6) How did the English Bill of Rights affect English government?

7) How were royal colonies governed?

8) How were proprietary colonies governed?

9) How were charter colonies governed?

10) Define CHARTER:

11) Define BICAMERAL:

12) Define UNICAMERAL:

Section 2: The Coming of Independence

TimelineIn the space provided, write a description of the event that happened on the date given

1643

1696

1754

1765

1770, March 5

1772

1773, Dec 16

1774, Spring

1774, Sept 5

1775, April 19

1775, May 10

1776, June 7

1776, July 2

1776, July 4

1781, March 1

Define DELEGATES:

Define CONFEDERATION:

Define REPEAL:

Section 3: The Critical Period

Articles of Confederation

Strengths Weaknesses Consequences

• Make ______, _________, and _______________

• Send and receive __________________

• Borrow _________ and set up a money system

• Establish ____________________

• Build a ________ and raise an _________

• Fix uniform ______________ or weights and measures

• Settle __________ among the States

• ________ vote per State, regardless of _________

• Congress _______________ to lay and collect _________ or duties, or to regulate ____________ trade and ____________ commerce

• No ______________ to enforce the acts of Congress

• No national _________ system

• Amendment only with consent of _____ States

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Section 3: The Critical Period

The Articles of Confederation

1. Describe the structure of the government set up by the Articles of Confederation.

12. What obligations did States have to one another?

13. What obligations did States have to citizens?

14. What powers did Congress NOT have?

The Critical Period, the 1780s

15. What government action took place in response to Shay’s Rebellion?

A Need for Stronger Government

16. What was the goal of the Constitutional Convention?

Key Terms

17. Define RATIFICATION:

18. Define PRESIDING OFFICER:

Congressional Powers Under the Articles of Confederation

2. __________________________

3. __________________________

4. __________________________

5. __________________________

6. __________________________

7. __________________________

8. __________________________

9. __________________________

10. __________________________

11. __________________________

Section 4: Creating the Constitution

Section 4: Creating the ConstitutionThe chart below outlines the initial plans for a constitution and the “bundle of compromises” that resulted

from various plans. As you read Section 4, complete the chart by filling in the boxes provided.

Plan or Compromise

Provisions Types of States That Benefited

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Three-Fifths Compromise

Commerce and Slave

Trade Compromise

Name a group whose interests seem to have been ignored, or even harmed, by the compromises that created the Constitution. _______________________

Write a sentence using the term FRAMERS.

Reading Guide

Section 5: Ratifying the Constitution

As you read, answer the following questions.

The Fight for Ratification

What were the positions of each side toward ratification?

Federalists: ____________________________

Anti-Federalists: ____________________________

What were the five issues involved in the ratification debate?

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

_____________________________________________

On what two States did the success or failure of ratification depend?

_____________________________ and _______________________________

Inaugurating the Government

Where was the first national capital located? ____________________________

Who became the new nation’s first…

President: _________________________________________

Vice President: _________________________________________

Key Terms

Identify the following people as either a Federalist or an Anti-Federalist. On the spaces provided, write an

A for Anti-Federalist or an F for Federalist.

James Madison ________

Patrick Henry ________

Alexander Hamilton ________

Section 5: Comparing Federalists and Anti-Federalists

Anti-Federalists

Federalists

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Cut out each of the following events, determine the correct order on your own chart, check for accuracy and then paste them in the correct order.

Section 4: Creating the ConstitutionIn your packet you have a chart that outlines the initial plans for a constitution and the “bundle of

compromises” that resulted from the various plans. As you read Section 4, complete the chart by cutting and pasting the following topics in the correct boxes. The bulleted text is the provisions for each

plan or compromise while the larger text is for the state that benefited from it.

• Three separate branches• Representation based on population or

wealth of State• Lower house elected• Upper house chosen by State

governments• Congress chooses executive and judiciary

• Unicameral legislature• States equally represented• More than one executive• Limited power to tax and regulate trade• State governors have power to remove

executive and judiciary

• Bicameral Congress• House = based on population• Senate = equal number from

each state (2)

• Counted three out of every five slaves when determining population

• Affected representation in Congress and taxes owed to the federal government

• Congress could not tax exports

• Congress could not pass laws against the slave trade for at least 20 years

Large states and wealthy states

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Southern states for population count, northern States for taxation

Southern states

Section 4: Creating the ConstitutionThe chart below outlines the initial plans for a constitution and the “bundle of compromises” that resulted

from various plans. As you read Section 4, complete the chart by filling in the boxes provided.

Plan or Compromise

Provisions Types of States That Benefited

Virginia Plan

New Jersey Plan

Connecticut Compromise

Three-Fifths Compromise

Commerce and Slave

Trade Compromise

Name a group whose interests seem to have been ignored, or even harmed, by the compromises that created the Constitution. _______________________

Write a sentence using the term FRAMERS.

• Three separate branches• Representation based on population or

wealth of State• Lower house elected• Upper house chosen by State

governments• Congress chooses executive and judiciary

• Counted three out of every five slaves when determining population

• Affected representation in Congress and taxes owed to the federal government

• Bicameral Congress• House = based on population• Senate = equal number from

each state (2)

• Congress could not tax exports

• Congress could not pass laws against the slave trade for at least 20 years

• Unicameral legislature• States equally represented• More than one executive• Limited power to tax and regulate trade• State governors have power to remove

executive and judiciary

Southern states

Southern states for population count, northern States for taxation

All states

Large states and wealthy states

Small states