Establishing Our Government

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What is today's learning objective?

• To understand how different governments are set up

• To understand the U.S. Constitution

• To understand the Declaration of Independence

• To understand who won the American Revolution

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What did the colonies do after they declared their independence from Britain?

• They came together as the United States of America

• They went to war with Britain

• They wrote the U.S. Constitution

• They joined the nation of France

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Why did the 13 British colonies declare their independence from Britain?

• Because Britain was not protecting the colonists' rights

• Because Britain protected the colonists' rights

• Because Britain lost the French and Indian War

• Because the colonists wanted to take over Britain

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What do you think the word constitution means?

• A map of a country's borders

• A set of rules for a country's government

• A way for one country to capture other countries

• A list of taxes

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What does the word sovereign mean?

• To have power

• To take power

• To give power

• To delegate power

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What is tyranny?

• when a ruler abuses his power

• when a ruler helps his people

• when a ruler gives away his power

• when a ruler has no power

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This is an example of a

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

• Parliamentary System

• Federal System

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This is an example of a

• Federal System

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

• Parliamentary System

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This is an example of a

• Parliamentary System

• Federal System

• Confederal System

• Unitary System

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A system of government that gives the states most of the power.

• Confederal

• Federal

• Unitary

• Parliamentary

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Which is a true statement about the image?

• Unitary systems have strong central governments and confederations have weak central governments

• Unitary systems have strong central governments and so do confederations.

• Unitary systems give states more power than a confederation does.

• Unitary systems a weak central governments and confederations have strong central governments

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Central government holds all the power

• Confederation
• Unitary
• Federal
• Oligarchy

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

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

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What was the name of our first constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• The Magna Carta