1.4, 1.5, 1.8

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

Which statement summarizes the idea of this passage?

• Since people create governments to protect their rights, they can change government that abuse their rights

• The only safe government is the one with checks and balances

• without the government to retrain us, every society would become a struggle against every person

• Although people create governments, to protect their rights, once they give power to the government they CANNOT take the power back

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by THEIR CREATOR with certain unalienable Rights

• god given rights that all people should have

• rights that exist in America but not in Europe

• Rights that can only be earned by blood

• Rights granted to English Kings

Below lists important historical events:

1. British quartered soldiers in Colonists' homes

2. The king dissolved Colonial Legislature

3. King took away rights to a trial by Jury

4. British troops attack towns

What do all these things represent?

• The colonial theory of government

• Montesquieu separation of powers

• Grievances of the Colonists against Britain

• False rumors spread by colonial newspapers

• Congress can raise an army

• the national government has the power to collect taxes

• the national government controls state tax

• the supreme court has the power of judicial review

Below are a lists of important developments occurring after the American Revolution:

1. Sates taxed each other's goods.

2. Merchants complained it was difficult to do business in other States

3. indebted farmers in Massachusetts demanded lower taxes and cheap paper

4. Landowners feared the spread of rebellion

• the continental congress passed the articles of confederation

• State sent representatives to Philadelphia where they wrote the U.S. Constitution

• Congress proposed a bill of rights in the form of ten amendments to the constitution

• The Congress of the confederation appointed George Washington as a dictator

Why did the Anti-Federalists oppose ratification of the Constitution?

• they considered the income tax to be too high

• the feared the new government would threaten individual rights

• they thought they nation needed a monarch to provide greater stability

• they believed the new government would not be strong enough to overcome its challenges

Why did the federalists urge ratification of the Constitution

• they wanted to strengthen state governments

• They wanted to increase the army to seize Canada

• They feared individual liberties would be threaten if the national government were too strong

• They wanted a stronger central government to defend the country from foreign threats and domestic unrest

The arguments below were used in a debate over ratification of the Constitution:

1. a strong central government will give government officials the power to raise a large army.

2. this army can be used to force citizens to pay taxes

3. corrupt government officials might then use this tax money to build an even larger army

4. Individual liberties will then be threaten

WHICH GROUP MADE THESE ARGUMENTS????

• TORRIES

• Patriots

• Federalists

• Anti-Fedralists