Constitutional Convention Review

Constitutional Convention Review

Objective

• I can review the principles of government that were established by the Constitution.

Today we will be reviewing the principles of government created during the Constitutional Convention. 

First, review our guiding questions for the unit.

Essential Question: How did conflict and compromise shape the development of the United States?  

Unit Focus Questions:

How did the founding fathers address the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation? How did the Constitution define the relationship between the government and its citizens?

This image represents which principle of government?

Poll

Which principle of government is represented on the previous slide?

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

Popular Sovereignty

Popular sovereignty is the belief that the political power of a nation or state comes from the consent of the people.

This image represents which principle of government?

Poll

Which principle of government is represented on the previous slide?

• Limited Government

• Checks and Balances

• Individual Rights

Individual Rights

A right is a claim or privilege to which people are entitled. The Framers strongly believed that people had certain rights the government could not take away. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to protect individual rights.

This image represents which principle of government?

Poll

Which principle of government is represented on the previous slide?

• Federalism

• Limited Government

• Separation of Powers

Limited Government

A limited government is one in which voters, as well as a carefully crafted constitution, play a part in checking, or limiting, the government's power.

This image represents which principle of government? (Hint there are 3 possible answers)

Open Ended

Which principle of government is represented on the previous slide?

Separation of Powers

Separation of powers refers to the separation of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government so that no one branch becomes too strong.

Checks and Balances

Checks and balances is the term used to describe a government in which each separate branch can check, or limit, the power of the other branches. Checks and balances help prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. 

3 Branches of Government

Executive - enforces the laws

Legislative - makes the laws

Judicial - decodes the laws

Poll

Federalist or Anti-federalist

This group supported the constitution as it was written. They were against the addition of a Bill of Rights. Supported a strong central government. Members included Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist

Poll

Federalist or Antifederalist

This group was opposed to the Constitution. They believed that the new government would take too much power away from the states. Supported a Bill of Rights. Members included Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.

• Federalist

• Anti-federalist