Chapter 2 - Constitutional Convention

Influences that led to the Constitution.

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Multiple Select

The British Constitution which contains the Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights, inspired American democracy through what ideas? Check all that apply.

• Limited Government (The government's power has limits.)

• Representative Government (Gov't shoud fulfill the will of the people through elected officials).

• Ordered Government (Gov't should follow laws and not the whim of a leader.)

• Checks and Balances (Let the three branches have power over other branches of gov't.)

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

• Ordered Government​

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I know we fought you Britain, but thanks for these awesome thing

​Ideas from Britain that inspired American Democracy​

Multiple Choice

Why did Britain need to raise money through taxes on the 13 Colonies?

• To pay for the tea that was dumped in the harbor.

• As a punishment for the Boston Massacre.

• To pay down the debt from the French and Indian War.

• To raise money to build roads and shipping ports in America.

​So they raised their money through:

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act​

What was frustrating about these British laws?

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What were some actions that the Americans took in response to these laws?​

Multiple Choice

What was the most common frustration that the Ameican colonists had with all these British laws?

• They paid more taxes than average British citizens.

• Their lack of fair representation in Parliament.

• The King's laws were too harsh.

• The southern colonies were punished for having slavery.

​What story about fair representation does this graph tell?​

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​No Taxation Without Representation?​

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Things Get Spicy!

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Coercive Act

• Quartering Act​

Multiple Choice

What act of protest came from the British giving a monopoly on the sale of tea to the East India Tea Company?

• Boston Tea Party
• Stamp Act Riots
• Virginia Resolutions
• Boston Massacre

Multiple Choice

At The Boston Tea Party the Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. What would that cost in today's money?

• $87,000

• $566,000

• $925,000

• $1,700,000

Multiple Choice

Clash between Boston rioters and British Troops that left 5 colonists dead.

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Boycott

• Boston Massacre

Multiple Choice

The Boston Massacre was...

• an event that led to thousands of colonial deaths.

• the result of the Intolerable Acts.

• the turning point in the Revolutionary War.

• used by colonists to increase support for the Revolution.

Multiple Choice

This act required colonists to house and feed British Troops

• Quartering Act

• Townshend Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

Looks close...there's some interesting things.

Look at this image.

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What do you noti​ce?

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Multiple Choice

Looking at this image what assumption can be made?

• This is a pro-British viewpoint agains the American colonists.

• This is a pro-American viewpoint agains the Sugar Act

• This is a pro-American point ove view protesting no representation in Parliament

• This is a pro-American point of view on the Tea Act.

Looks close...there's some interesting things.

Looking at it again, can you see why it is British propaganda?​

​The 13 colonies moves towards independence

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continential Congress

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine​

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Multiple Choice

Why were both Continental Congress held? 

• To vote for the first president
• To decide when to go to war with Great Britain
• To discuss a solution to the colonists’ complaints of Great Britain 
• To write the Constitution

Multiple Choice

Who was put in charge of the Continental Army at the second Contitnental Congress? 

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton
• George Washington
• Benjamin Franklin

Multiple Choice

What was a main argument of Common Sense?

• The colonists were petty in their complaints about the king.

• The colonies should declare immediate independence from the king.

• Taxes are a natural part of life.

• A council should be created to work with the king.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following BEST describes Thomas Paine's argument in Common Sense?

• Diplomacy with the British Parliament is the best way to settle differences.

• The colonists have far more to lose by continuing to be a part of the British Empire.

• Parliament is simply slow to respond so the colonists must be patient in seeking their goals.

• Breaking free of English control will hurt the colonists' chances of gaining economic freedom.

Time to declare independence!

Multiple Choice

Thomas Jefferson was an ardent supporter of Independence and is credited with writing most of the Declaration. What was the main purpose in the creation of this document?

• Be a set a laws for the newly independent nation

• To tell the world that the British Parliament was the source of the American colonies problems

• As a document that would tell the world why the Americans were breaking away

• To tell the world that the American colonies were pledging their allegiance to another nation

Multiple Choice

Which Enlightenment Philosopher are these ideas based on?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Nicolo Machiavelli

​Revolutionary ideas of the Declaration of Independece:

• Demanded equal rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness to all.

• It is the right of the people to alter or overthrow a government that isn't protecting the people's rights or needs

• Declared the colonies independent from Britain. ​

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​Five parts of the Declaration:

1. Preamble​ (introduction)

2. Statement of rights and what a good government does.

3. List of problems with the king and Parliament

4. How we tried to solve this problem peacefully.

5. We're independent now and we're called the USA!

Yay Independence!

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Time to form a government!​

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But the government we formed was kinda junk​.

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Answer the questions to let me know what was no bueno about the Articles of Confederation. ​

Multiple Choice

In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?

The Articles of Confederation made a WEAK national government!

• The States
• The National Government
• The Continental Congress
• The Legislative Branch

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation made a WEAK national government!

Congress could tax the States under the Articles

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation made a WEAK national government!

Congress could regulate trade under the Articles.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation made a WEAK national government!

Congress could draft an army to protect its citizens under the Articles.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Articles were too strict to actually get stuff done!

How many states were required to amend the Articles

• 13

• 12

• 9

• 0

Multiple Choice

The Articles were too strict to actually get stuff done!

How many states had to agree to pass a law?

• 13

• 12

• 9

• 0

Multiple Choice

The Articles of Confederation was an incomplete Constitution!

The Articles of Confederation only created one branch of government. Which one did it create?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

​Shays' Rebellion

The straw that broke the camel's* back. ​

***in this analogy the Articles of Confederation is the camel.