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Title: Political Science American Government and Politics Today


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Political ScienceAmerican Government
andPolitics Today
  • Chapter 2
  • The Constitution

2
Impacts of the colonial experience
  • Jamestown representative assembly
  • Plymouth social contract with consent of the
    governed

3
Selected Milestones in the Colonial/ Early
American Era
  • the the Stamp Act
  • the First Continental Congress
  • the Second Continental Congress
  • the Revolutionary War
  • the Declaration of Independence

4
Selected Milestones in the Colonial/ Early
American Era (cont.)
  • the ratification of the Articles of Confederation
  • Shays Rebellion
  • the Constitutional Convention
  • ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  • the Ratification of the Bill of Rights

5
Important concepts in the Declaration of
Independence
  • Natural Rights the idea that individuals hold
    certain rights because they are human
    governments cannot take away these
    inalienable(cant be transferred) rights
    Locke describes these rights as life, liberty
    and property
    Jefferson describes these rights as life
    liberty and the pursuit of happiness

6
Important concepts in the Declaration of
Independence-(cont.)
  • Social contract a general agreement between the
    people and the government, where the people agree
    to give up some of their liberties, so that the
    remainder are protected.

7
Compromises in the Drafting of the U.S.
Constitution
  • the Great Compromise resulted in a bicameral
    legislature, with one house based on equal
    representation, the other on population.
  • the Three-Fifths Compromise resulted in slaves
    being counted as 3/5 of a person for the
    purpose of determining population for

8
Dispersion of Power by the U.S. Constitution
  • Federalism sovereign powers are divided between
    the states and the national government
  • Separation of Powers dividing governmental
    powers

9
Dispersion of Power by the U.S.
Constitution-(cont.)
  • legislative branch is granted the power to make
    laws
  • judicial branch is granted the power to judge
    laws
  • executive branch is granted the power to
    administer laws

10
Separation of Powers
11
Checks and Balances among the Branches of
Government
12
Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
  • was supported by Federalists, who argued in favor
    of the ratification and supported a strong
    central government.
  • was opposed by the Anti-Federalists, who opposed
    a strong central government.

13
The Bill of Rights
  • the first 10 amendments to the Constitution
  • were adopted in 1791
  • were designed to protect individuals from a too
    powerful national government

14
The Formal Constitutional Procedure
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