Roots of American Democracy

Origins of American Democracy

McGruder’s 46-54

Today's Agenda

• This Day in History, Attendance, Housekeeping

• Warm Up

• Begin Section 2.1 Presentation

• Exit Ticket

Learning Targets -

By the end of class I will be able to:

• Explain how constitution government in the US has been influenced by centuries of political ideas and traditions from England and elsewhere

• Analyze the significance of three landmark historical documents to the American system of government

Multiple Choice

The idea of individual worth is based in __________

• The Enlightenment

• The American Revolution

• The Renaissance

• Civil Liberties

Multiple Choice

General will can also be called _______

• Minority Rights

• Legislation

• Majority Rule

• Human Rights

Open Ended

In 5 words or less say how a Zero Sum mentality can be destructive?

Open Ended

What does this quote mean in reference to individual freedom?

"The right to swing my fist ends where the other man’s nose begins.” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

Multiple Select

Which of the following are characteristics of capitalism in reference to democracy?

• Private Ownership

• Individual Initiative

• Competition

• Profit-Motive

• Law of Supply and Demand

Origins of American Democracy

How the creation of key documents has influenced centuries of American political thought

The Magna Carta

What is the Magna Carta and what is it's significance?

What is the Magna Carta's significance?

• “Great Charter” (1215)

• King John of England forced to guarantee:

• ->Trial by Jury - Jury of Peers

• --> King cannot decide guilt or innocence alone

• -> Due Process

• --> King is not above the law, King must follow laws and procedures before taking life, liberty or property

• Originally meant for nobility but gradually evolved to include all English

What is the English Bill of Rights (1689)?

• "Father" of the US Bill of Rights

• Historical Context: King James II, who had attempted to restore absolutism in England, was overthrown

• -> Parliament granted monarchy to William and Mary under certain conditions

• Guarantees in the Bill of Rights

• ->Parliamentary control of taxes, Right to bear arms no royal interference in the election of members of parliament, freedom of speech in Parliament, no excessive bail or "cruel and unusual" punishments may be imposed, freedom to petition the monarch, no standing army without consent

What basic concepts did America gain from England?

• Ordered Structured Government

• -> Colonists saw need for orderly regulation of their relationships with one another

• Limited Government

• -> Government is limited in what it may do

• -> each individual has certain rights that a government cannot take away

• Representative Government

• idea that government should serve the will of the people

Determine if the following characteristics of government are associated with Great Britain, United States or Both!

Quickly Respond to Each question as they will only be open for 10 seconds!

Multiple Choice

Has a Bill of Rights

• Great Britain

• United States

• Both

Multiple Choice

Has a unitarian form of government

• Great Britain

• United States

• Both

Multiple Choice

Has a bicameral legislature

• Great Britain

• United States

• Both

Multiple Choice

Has a written Constitution

• Great Britain

• United States

• Both

Multiple Choice

Uses electoral college to when determining representation

• Great Britain

• United States

• Both

The Mayflower Compact

How the first governing body of the Plymouth colony was established

The Mayflower Compact Text

In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the Faith, etc. Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620.

Open Ended

In your own words write a brief summary of what the Mayflower Compact was saying and what it meant to those who signed it?

Open Ended

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