Ch 7 Big Idea

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Ch 7 Big Idea

• Forming the Government.
• What contributed to forming the Government we
  have today?

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Study Skills

• Study 5-10 minutes a night
• Create Flashcards
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• Know the test giver
• Know your strengths and weaknesses
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• Complete chapter review
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Vocabulary Terms

• constitution
• republicanism
• limited government
• suffrage
• ratification
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation
• Land Ordinance of 1785
• Northwest Ordinance 1787
• Northwest Territory

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7.1 Big Idea

• Articles for Confederation
• What did the Articles of Confederate contribute
  to the forming of our government?

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Declaration of Independence

• The United States declared its independence in
  1776. At that time each state became an
  independent nation. They need to create a
  Confederation in order to fight as one nation.
  They modeled this idea from the Iroquois Nation.

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Members of the Second Continental Congress knew
that the former colonies needed to create a
central government.
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Ch7 Section 1The Articles of Confederation

• Objective 1
• - Describe the ideas and documents that shaped
  American beliefs about government.

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English Practices
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The Enlightenment During the Enlightenment,
philosophers often discussed their ideas at
elegant social gatherings. British philosopher
John Locke was widely respected. How does the
painting suggest the interest that the wealthy
had in Enlightenment ideas?
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-Magna Carta -English Bill of
Rights -Parliament -Enlightenment -John Locke-

• - Republicanism
• - limited governments - Virginia Declaration
• of Rights
• Virginia Statue for
• Religious Freedom
• - Voting rights

• - New England town
• meetings
• Virginia House of
• Burgesses
• - Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders
• of Connecticut
• Declaration of
• Independence

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I. Ideas about Government

• Sources of Inspiration
• English Law, particularly Magna Carta and English
  Bill of Rights.
• Enlightenment ideas, such as John Lockes belief
  that a social contract existed between political
  leaders and the people they ruled.
• American Political Traditions
• Representative government, including the New
  England town meeting and legislative assemblies
  such as the Virginia House of Burgesses.
• Religious traditions, such as Great Awakening,
  which may have led colonists to questions
  political institutions and look for more local
  control.
• Documents Support Self-Government
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, an example of
  a written constitution- set of basic principles
  and laws that states the powers and duties of the
  government.
• Declaration of Independence

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Important Questions

• What ideas influenced American as they planned
  their new government?
• English Law
• Enlightenment ideas, American political
  traditions, and documents supporting principles
  of self government

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Ch7 Section 1The Articles of Confederation

• Objective 2
• - Evaluate how state constitutions contributed
  to the development of representative government.

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II. The State Constitutions

• Showed the belief in republicanism- support for a
  system of government in which citizens elect
  representatives responsible to the people.
• Created limited government- government in which
  leaders must obey laws and no one has total
  power.
• Most states constitutions protected citizens
  individual rights, such as trial by jury.
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom promoted
  separation of church and state to protect
  religious freedom.
• Many states constitutions expanded suffrage, or
  voting rights.
• Voting rights for men varied from state to state.

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Female voters  The only state to give voting
rights to women was New Jersey, though it took
that right away in 1807. From the way these women
voters are dressed, do you think that they are
property owners? Why or why not?
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Important Questions

• What are some of the rights that state
  constitutions protect?
• Trial by jury
• Religious freedom
• Right to vote

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Ch7 Section 1The Articles of Confederation

• Objective 3
• - List the powers held by the central government
  under the Articles of Confederate.

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III. Forming a Union

• National Government.
• Created Articles of Confederation, which defined
  the national powers.
• Articles created a Confederate Congress, which
  had limited powers.
• Approval.
• Second Continental passed Articles of Confederate
  and then sent document to each state legislature
  for ratification, or approval.
• Final state, Maryland, ratified Articles of
  Confederation in March 1781

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Important Questions

• What document served as the plan of government
  for the new United States?
• Articles of Confederation

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Ch7 Section 1The Articles of Confederation

• Objective 4
• - Explain what the Northwest Ordinance
  accomplished.

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Western Lands
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IV. The Northwest Territory

• Western Lands.
• Confederation Congress planned to sell western
  lands to raise money.
• Land ordinance of 1785 set up system for
  surveying and dividing public lands.
• Northwest Territory of 1787.
• Northwest Ordinance of 1787 created Northwest
  Territory- included what is now Illinois,
  Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin- and its
  political system.
• Created a system for adding new states banned
  slavery in the Northwest Territory

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VUS5.cThe Articles of Confederation

• The First Constitution!!!
• One Vote
• No Executive or Judicial

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Objective To examine the settlement of the
Northwest Territory and the importance of Shays
Rebellion.
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Congress surveyed the land into squares 6 miles
on each side. (townships)
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Land Ordinance of 1785
Each town was divided into 36 smaller sections,
640 acres each. (the cost was a minimum of 1 per
acre)
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Land Ordinance of 1785
People pooled their money in order to be able
to afford a piece of land.
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Theoretical township diagram showing method of
numbering sections with adjoining sections.
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Township Map Sargent County, North Dakota
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Northwest Ordinance (1787)
When 5,000 free males of voting age settled an
area, it became self-governing.
When the population reached 60,000 free
citizens, the area could apply for statehood.
Ex.) OH, IN, IL, MI, WI
Slavery was outlawed.
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Moving West After the Revolutionary War Americans
began heading west in greater numbers. Thousands
of people settled in the lands of the Northwest
Territory. Many of these people were farmers from
New England, where good farmland was scarce. As
the population of the Northwest Territory grew
and the region was divided into states, more
settlers came from throughout the nation and from
overseas.
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Important Questions

• What were the terms of the Northwest Ordinance of
  1787?
• Created Northwest territory and its political
  system, created system for forming new states,
  banned slavery in Northwest Territory

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7.1 Homework Quiz

• List three documents that were used in creating
  the Articles of Confederation.
• What was John Locks idea about government and the
  people?
• List two ideas that state constitutions
  contributed to the Articles of Confederation.
• What was need for the Northwest Ordinance of
  1787?
• Describe the Northwest Territory using geographic
  features.