 Grab a papers from the table
 Take out your HW (Section 3 Vocabulary)
HOMEWORK
 TASK # 2 (GET IT DONE!)
 Chapter 7 Test (Tues.) – HELP SESSION THURS. 7:30AM
 Bill of Rights notes
Be ready to read the question on the next slide…
Would you like to sign your
name to the piece of paper?
If so…come up and sign it!
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Signing is a statement of your belief. It is a
willingness to take a stand and risk your
reputation.
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When the delegates of the 1787 Constitutional
Convention signed the Constitution, they were
taking a stand and risking their own reputations.
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Citizens today do the same thing when they sign
a petition.
The Constitution
has been signed
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Read
along
After The Preamble (introduction)
how many Articles does it contain?
Article VII
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient
for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so
ratifying the Same.
The Word, "the," being interlined between the seventh and eighth Lines
of the first Page, the Word "Thirty" being partly written on an Erazure in
the fifteenth Line of the first Page, The Words "is tried" being interlined
between the thirty second and thirty third Lines of the first Page and
the Word "the" being interlined between the forty third and forty fourth
Lines of the second Page.
Attest William Jackson Secretary
done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present
the Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of
the United States of America the Twelfth In witness whereof We have
hereunto subscribed our Names,…
Just because you signed the statement about being
able to use cell phones during social studies class,
doesn’t make it true. There must be a process of
ratification.
According to Article VII, how many states needed to
vote in favor of ratification?
By signing, the delegates were deciding whether or
not they believed the Constitution should
be ratified by the people.
What is the strongest reason John Jay gave
for signing the Constitution?
What is the strongest reason Elbridge Gerry
gave for not signing the Constitution?
Which delegate do you agree with? Why?
There’s really no winner in the debate. If
the Federalists hadn’t prevailed, we
wouldn’t have a Constitution.
But if the Anti-Federalists hadn’t
dissented, the Constitution
wouldn’t have had a Bill of Rights.
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1. Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, & Petition
2. Right to Bear Arms
3. No Lodging of Troops in Private Homes
4. Search and Seizure
5. Rights of the Accused
6. Right to Speedy Trial by Jury
7. Jury Trial in Civil Cases
8. No Excessive Bail or Cruel/Unusual Punishment
9. Powers Reserved to the People
10. Powers Reserved to the State
Structure of The Constitution
Preamble
Articles (1. – 7.)
Amendments (1st ten = Bill of Rights)