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Please DO the following: Take out your interactive notebook Take out 1 sheet of loose paper. No fringes on the floor please. Take out blue or black pen or a pencil (NO red ) Highlighter (any color EXCEPT black or red ) No iPads today, please put them away in your bags.
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Please DO the following: Take out your interactive notebook Take out 1 sheet of loose paper. No fringes on the floor please. Take outblue or black pen or a pencil (NO red) Highlighter (any color EXCEPT black or red) No iPads today, please put them away in your bags. Be in your seats ready to participate :-) Welcome To Class!!!
QUIZ • Please take ONE loose leaf sheet of paper and number 1-10 • This quiz is OPEN NOTE, you may use your INB
KG3 and England are out!!!Now what do we do?!Federalists VS Antifederalists
Team Federalists • INPUT • Federalist: • Supported the Constitution and interpreted it to mean that there should be a strong centralized government. • Alexander Hamilton (defended his views in the Federalist Papers) • James Madison • Benjamin Franklin • George Washington • John Jay
Federalists VS Antifederalist • INPUT • Federalist Papers: • These essays, supporting the Constitution as-is, were written anonymously under the name Publis. They were actually written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. • Advocating: • To support one’s views or to plead in favor of. • Federalism: • Sharing of power between the states and central government of a country.
Team Antifederalists • INPUT • Antifederalist: • Opposed the Constitution and feared there would be a lack of guarantee for individual and states’ rights. They believed that the constitution needed a section guaranteeing individual rights. • Thomas Jefferson • George Mason
Team Antifederalists • INPUT • Thomas Jefferson (TJ): • Hesaw the big picture when it came to the potential for abuse of power. • One of his concerns was religious freedom. TJ worked to create the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. • This document declared that no person could be forced to attend a particular church or be required to pay a church with tax money.
Team Federalist or Team Antifederalist? • OUTPUT • Pick a side…Team Federalist or Team Antifederalist • Draw a bubble A for Team Antifederalist • OR • Draw a bubble F for Team Federalist • Inside your A or F write a brief paragraph explaining why you support that side of the argument. Make sure to have a solid thesis statement.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • INPUT • What was the AOC? • AOC 1777, the document that created the first centralized government for the United States. • Under the AOC Congress would become the single branch of government but would have limited powers in order to protect the liberties of the people. • Second Continental Congress passed the AOC and then sent it to each of the 13 colonies for RATIFICATION.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • Discuss with your shoulder buddy what you think RATIFICATIONmeans. • Ratification: • Official Approval
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • INPUT • Influences of the AOC and self government • Magna Carta (1215): One of the first instances of limiting the government, in this case, the King. • Mayflower Compact: One of the first local governments in the Colonies. • Virginia House of Burgess: Virginia’s local governing body. • Connecticut Constitution (1639): First written constitution of the English colonies.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • Turn to your shoulder buddy and discuss what you think a constitution is AND what you think should be in one. • Constitution: • A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • INPUT • AOC allowed the newly created central government to: • Set up a congress where each state had one vote. • Could settle arguments amongst the states. • Mint coins. • Borrow money. • Make treaties with other countries as well as Native Americans. • Congress could also ask states for money and soldiers however the states were allowed to refuse such a request. This made it difficult for the congress to protect against foreign threats.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • INPUT • Shays’s Rebellion (1786): • An uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt. • 100’s of farmers in Massachusetts, led by Daniel Shays, stormed the supreme court in Springfield and attempted to shut down the government there. • They were defeated by state troops. This revolt exposed some of the weaknesses of the AOC. • This prompted the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • INPUT • Constitutional Convention of 1787: • Each state was invited to send a representative to the Convention in Philadelphia. The goal was to improve the AOC.
Articles of Confederation (AOC) • OUTPUT • Prompt: Imagine you are a representative at the Constitutional convention. Write a paragraph describing what you would suggest adding or removing from the AOC and why? Don’t forget a solid thesis statement.