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Chapter 1

Chapter 1. PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT. Section 1: Government and the State. The basic unit of government is the state. John Locke's theory of the origin of the state had a profound impact on the United States' government. Section 2: Forms of Government.

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Chapter 1

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  1. Chapter 1 PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

  2. Section 1: Government and the State • The basic unit of government is the state. John Locke's theory of the origin of the state had a profound impact on the United States' government.

  3. Section 2: Forms of Government • Governments can take a variety of forms, each of which distributes power differently.

  4. Section 3: Basic Concepts of Democracy • Democracy is based on five principles. Like democracy, the United States' economic system relies on individual freedoms.

  5. Chapter 2 ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT

  6. Section 1: Our Political Beginnings • Based on landmark documents such as the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights, American colonists benefited from a developing English tradition of ordered, limited, and representative government.

  7. Section 2: The Coming of Independence • Responding to the change in British polices in the colonies, colonists began taking small steps toward unity. These steps included the formation of the Second Continental Congress, during which the Declaration of Independence was produced.

  8. Section 3: The Critical Period • The Articles of Confederation were created to provide a more lasting plan of government. The chaos brought about by their weaknesses led to a movement for change toward a more powerful central government.

  9. Section 4: Creating the Constitution • The Virginia and New Jersey Plans were offered as suggestions for ways to organize the new government. Although delegates disagreed on elements of both plans, they accepted compromises that allowed agreement on the configuration of Congress to proceed.

  10. Section 5: Ratifying the Constitution • The Constitution could not take effect until it had been ratified by nine States. The battle between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists was hard-fought in all States .

  11. Homework for week of 15 September: Read Chapter 1 & 2. • Practice review questions from end of each chapter; • p. 24 sections 1, 2, & 3; • p. 60 sections 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. • Terms: • public policy • division of powers • federal government • limited government • representgovernment • bicameral • Virginia Plan • New Jersey Plan • Connecticut compromise • 3/5th Compromise • Federalists • Anti-Federalists.

  12. Federalist Papers • Text pp 783-790 • Federalist #10 • Federalist #51 • Federalist #78 • State in your own words the point of the paper and the constitutional or power issue that the author is making.

  13. Federalist Papers • Federalist #10 • Representative democracy over pure democracy • Federalist #51 • Separation of Powers • Federalist #78 • Judicial Review of Legislative action (Unconstitutional)

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