BY THE END OF THE LESSON:
1. What were the original 13 colonies?
2. How did the French and Indian War affect American
colonists?
3. Why were the colonies different from one another?
4. What were the colonists angry at King George III
about? (3 examples)
5. In what ways did the colonists show discontent with
Great Britain?
6. Describe the Colonial army vs. the British army.
7. What did the Declaration of Independence say? List
the 3 main parts.
8. Who helped the colonists win the American
Revolutionary war?
THE FIRST AMERICANS:
Brain Pop: American Indians
AND THEN……
IRONIC?
13 COLONIES
Europeans came to America to set up colonies:
13 original colonies:
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia
COLONIAL GOV’TS (BRITISH N. AM COLONIES
1607-1776
Colonists guaranteed the rights of Englishmen
Formed their own democratic institutions like:
-Mayflower Compact
-colonial legislatures
-New England town meetings
COLONIES UNIQUE
People who settled them were from different places and came to the
“New World” for different reasons.
Also, each region was geographically suited for certain things like
agriculture and trade.
New England: Center of trade and commerce. Fish, furs…….
Middle Colonies: Bread basket of America: known for mills and bread
South: Farming (Cotton, tobacco). Plantations used slave labor.
More info! WEBQUEST!!!!
http://fg.ed.pacificu.edu/sweb/fong/13%20original%20colonies.html
SIMILARITIES AMONG ALL COLONIES:
Wanted freedom from Great Britain!
Why? British had to pay for French and Indian War and
raised taxes on the colonists to do so.
Colonists Main Complaints:
No Rep in Government: Couldn’t vote
Taxation w/out Rep (paid higher taxes BUT couldn’t vote)
Colonists didn’t like laws like: Quartering Act, Sugar Act,
Stamp Act, Townshed Act
Brain Pop: French and Indian War
School House Rock!
RESULTS:
Protests, boycotts, violence!
Boston Tea Party
BOSTON MASSACRE
BRAIN POP!
13 Colonies
Causes of the American Revolution
AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Long and bitter
Colonist militia inexperienced
British Militia: amazing!
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON
The British are coming!
Video: The Shot Heard Around the World
2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
George Washington led the Continental Army Brain Pop: GW!
THOMAS PAINE: COMMON SENSE
We need Independence!
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE JULY4 1776
13 Colonies sign agreement to break away from Great Britain and
form their own independent country.
Steps:
1. 1774: 1st Continental Congress: Problems with the King.
BEFORE war! King gets upset.
2. Declaration written by Thomas Jefferson and edited by colonial
reps. Final draft had 3 parts:
Part 1: All “men” are equal and have right to life, liberty, and pursuit
of happiness.
Part 2: George III is mean because……
Part 3: Formal statement of independence
2. 2nd Continental Congress: This means WAR! Soldiers led by
George Washington
Brain Pop: Thomas Jefferson AND Declaration of Independence
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Borrows from English and French
Enlightenment philosophers:
John Locke-Life, liberty, pursuit of
happiness
Russeau -gov can only govern with
consent of governed (social contract)
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776
War officially declared with England. British start to win battles until……
HELP FROM
France, Spain, The Netherlands
COLONISTS WIN!
Brain Pop:
The American Revolution
CHECK UP
1. What were the original 13 colonies?
2. How did the French and Indian War affect American
colonists?
3. Why were the colonies different from one another?
4. What were the colonists angry at King George III
about? (3 examples)
5. In what ways did the colonists show discontent with
Great Britain?
6. Describe the Colonial army vs. the British army.
7. What did the Declaration of Independence say? List
the 3 main parts.
8. Who helped the colonists win the American
Revolutionary war?
HOMEWORK
Find 2 different articles in a magazine, newspaper, or on the
internet. 1 article should have an example of how the U.S. still
follows the values of the Declaration of Independence. 1 article
should have an example of how the U.S. people are NOT living
according to the values of the Declaration of Independence.
Once you find the articles answer the following questions:
1. What are the values of the Declaration of Independence?
2. What aspects of the Declaration of Independence does the U.S.
live up to today?
3. What aspects of the Declaration of Independence does the U.S.
need to work on?
Be prepared to share your findings with the class tomorrow!
SHARE ARTICLES IN SMALL GROUPS
Then in the large group
Individual vs collective rights
CONSTITUTION WEB QUEST!
Go to the following website:
www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/governm
ent/constitution.htm
Read through the page and answer the following questions:
1. Who was excluded from setting up new rules of gov’t?
2. What are some things men at the meeting disagreed about?
3. Why did the people say they were writing the Constitution?
4. What 2 groups are part of Congress?
5. What powers do each group have?
6. What does the president do and how is he elected?
7. What is the job of the supreme court?
8. What do states have to do?
9. Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
CONSTITUTION
Plan for new country’s government: How gov’t works and how people fit into it
Framers: tried to create flexible way to govern/take country into the future.
Constitution based on 7 principles:
1. Popular Sovereignty: people elect reps in gov’t to make laws
2. Republicanism: republic: ppl vote for political leaders (Representative Democracy)
3. Federalism: power is shared b/w ind states and nation as whole
4. Separation of Powers: Exec, Legislative, Judicial (so one doesn’t get too powerful)
5. Limited Gov’t: Government only has powers given to it in Constitution
6. Checks and balances
7. Individual Rights: Government can’t take away Bill of Rights
Also: Amendments can be made to change the Constitution with the times if
necessary.
Video: Brain Pop Constitution
GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE CONSTITUTION
You may work in groups to try to fill in the “Getting Acquanted with the Constitution
Worksheet and The Amendments to the Constitution Worksheet
BILL OF RIGHTS QUESTIONS TO ANSWER
1. What is great about the Constitution?
2. What was a problem with the original Constitution?
3. What did the First Amendment say?
4. What did the 2nd Amendment say?
5. List the rest of the Amendments and briefly explain
what they said.
BILL OF RIGHTS
1. Freedom of speech, religion, press, assemble, petition the gov’t
2. Bear Arms, protect selves and country
3. No Quartering soldiers in times of peace
4. No Search and Seizure of stuff and home
5. Rights of accused: Due process, innocent until proven guilty, no
witness against self
6. Speedy public trial, lawyer, peers jury, understand charges
7. Civil Case: (NOT criminal) trial by jury
8. Limits on fines and punishment
9. There are more rights that aren’t mentioned in the Constitution
10. Anything not in the constitution is a State right or the rights of
the people.
BRAIN POP! THE BILL OF RIGHTS
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS
1. What is great about the Constitution?
2. What was a problem with the original
Constitution?
3. What did the First Amendment say?
4. What did the 2nd Amendment say?
5. List the rest of the Amendments and briefly
explain what they said.
OTHER AMENDMENTS:
Amendment 13: No Slavery. (1865)
Amendment 14: (1868) Civil Rights
All people born or naturalized in U.S. are citizens with the rights of life, liberty and
property. These rights can’t be taken away without due process of law. All
citizens have equal protection under the law.
Amendment 15: (1870) No man should be denied the right to vote based on race,
color, or previous slavery
Amendment 19: (1920) No person should be denied the right to vote based on sex.
Amendment 26 : All citizens 18 years or older have the right to vote (1971)
Word Doc of Amendments 11-27
AMENDMENT REVIEW
Total: 27
Redefine voting, citizenship, gov’t
operations
Important Amendments to Remember:
Bill of Rights (all of them! )
13: Slavery Abolished
14: Civil Rights for all citizens of U.S.
15: Right for men of all races to vote
19: Woman’s right to vote
TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING THE
AMENDMENTS?
Make it easier! You will each be assigned one
amendment to write in simpler language to help your
classmates remember! Be prepared to share with the
class your summarized version. You will post your new
version on the class wiki!
You must join the wiki first, and then Ms. Currey will
show you how to edit the page!
Go to kyle-history.wikispaces.com to see your assigned
amendment. ONLY TYPE NEXT TO YOUR
AMENDMENT!
HOMEWORK:
Amendment Review Worksheet!
Use your classmates’ summarized amendments to help you!
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
By the end of this lesson:
1. What are the 3 branches of government?
2. What is the job of the Congress?
3. Explain the 2 parts of congress including number of seats,
and what people in each branch do.
4. What are the jobs of the President? Requirements?
Election Process? What is the cabinet?
5. How is it possible for a president to be elected WITHOUT
the majority of the popular vote?
6. Describe the structure of the Judicial Branch. How many
justices are on the Supreme court and how do they
become justices? Why are Supreme Court rulings
important?
7. What are Checks and Balances? Describe a situation
where Checks and Balances are used.
3 BRANCHES OF GOV’T
Legislative, Judicial, Executive Brain Pop: Branches of Gov’t
CONGRESS
Job: makes laws (introduce bills into laws) Video: How a bill becomes a Law
Brainpop AND School House Rock! YEAH!
Congress divided into 2 branches: House of Representatives and Senate.
HOW A BILL BECOMES A LAW
1. Write to congressman/woman
2. Congressman/woman introduces bill to House or Senate then
committee (special group for certain types of bills)
3. Full House OR Senate debate and vote: If less than ½ approve,
Bill is revised or dead
4. IF over ½ pass, send to other house. : If less than ½ approve, Bill
is revised or dead
5. If passes- to President to sign into law OR Veto.
6. If Vetoed BACK to Congress to change, abandon, or override Pres
vote with 2/3 majority vote.
WHEW! Hard WORK! 1000s of bills proposed each year and only a
few approved.
Long process because making laws is serious. Many people have to
agree that laws are fair .
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Different number of seats for each state depending on population of state.
Total: 435 seats
Bills about government spending
Video about H
of R!
SENATE
2 members for each state REGARDLESS OF STATE POPULATION!
Total: 100 seats
Make bills about treaties with other countries and approve presidential nominations
for gov’t offices.
Video
about
Senate!
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
President, Vice President, heads of various depts and agencies
Job: carry out laws and approves/recommends new ones.
Directs national defense and foreign policy,
PRESIDENT
Commander and Chief of the Armed forces too!
Must be 35 yo/ natural born citizen of U.S.
Can only serve 2 consecutive 4yr terms
Video: Presidential
Power,
HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED
NOT direct domocracy!
Electoral College: Each state has a certain number of electors. They are supposed to
all vote based on the population of their state. 538 total electors
Pres needs majority (220 votes or more) to win the election
In case of no clear winner, House of Representatives chooses from top 3. (RARE!)
Videos: Presidential Election, Primaries and Caucuses, Electoral College
ELECTION OF 2000
Split Decision! Al Gore v. George W. Bush
President George Bush won WITHOUT the majority of popular vote! How is
this possible?!
POLITICAL PARTIES
Democratic and Republican = main parties
Green, Tea, reform: smaller parties: They probably won’t ever win an election they just
want their issues to be part of government.
Electoral Process: Party nominees, debate, campaign (need LOTS of money)
Platform: How each candidate feels about the issues of the country
JUDICIAL BRANCH
9 Justices
Nominated by Pres and approved by Senate
Justice FOR LIFE!!
Job: Judicial Review of Laws that are unconstitutional
Last stop for cases that have been appealed in other courts.
Videos!
Brain Pop: Supreme
Court, Court System
Just the Facts: the
Judicial Branch of
Gov’t
REQUIREMENTS FOR GOV’T OFFICE
Position
Min Age
Residency
Citizenship
Rep
25
State in which
elected
7 years
Senator
30
State in which
elected
9 years
President
35
14 yrs in U.S.
Natural born
citizen
Supreme Court
Justice
none
none
none
CHECKS AND BALANCES
Prevent any one branch of government from getting too
much power.
Ex: Congress presents a bill: Pres can sign OR Veto
Congress can override Veto if 2/3 of House of R agrees
Supreme Court can decide that a law is unconstitutional
even if it has already been made into a law!
Other Checks and Balances: Pres nominees for must be
approved by majority of congress.
Supreme Court justices serve for life but must FIRST be
approved by Senate. Also, Congress can impeach
justices !
CHECKS AND BALANCES WORKSHEET!
Government Situations Worksheet
CHECK UP
1. What are the 3 branches of government?
2. What is the job of the Congress?
3. Explain the 2 parts of congress including number of
seats, and what people in each branch do.
4. What are the jobs of the President? Requirements?
Election Process? What is the cabinet?
5. How is it possible for a president to be elected
WITHOUT the majority of the popular vote?
6. Describe the structure of the Judicial Branch. How
many justices are on the Supreme court and how do
they become justices? Why are Supreme Court
rulings important?
7. What are Checks and Balances? Describe a situation
where Checks and Balances are used.
STUDY GUIDE!
You have the rest of class to work on your study guide! We will review everything in
class next time!
You can find a copy posted on the wiki!