Fabulous Friday, Aug. 22
• Take your seat
• Take out your Warm-Up’s from last week
• Take out your notebook
Warm-Up
How was the distrust that the colonists felt
towards the British Government reflected in the
ideas of the documents we have read over the last
few days? (Dec. of Ind., Constitution, etc…)
1 paragraph
Healthy Note of the Week
• Cell Phone Elbow
• What is it?
• Tennis elbow, soreness that develops because
of prolonged flexing and direct pressure
applied to the ulnar nerve
• Dimines blood flow
• How to avoid it?
• Use headset
• Strengthen/stretch the muscles
• Spend lesss time on the phone or texting 
Today’s Agenda
• Warm-Up/Pair Share
• FN: “The American Constitution”
• Homework –
• Work on your Title Page
• Draw or print pictures that represent what we
are learning. It should look like a collage –
lots of small to medium pics or 4 larger ones.
The American Constitution CSS 11.1.2
Today’s sTandard
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the
nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government
described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 - Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding
Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the
drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Topic – The development of the Constitution and rise of Federalism
Essential Question
How did the Constitution change the power
of the national government?
The Articles of Confederation,
1781-1788
• Our 1st government was created in a way that it
couldn’t take people’s rights.
• The Nation couldn’t raise taxes or an army.
• The government only lasted a few years.
• It was a really terrible government, but it was OUR
terrible government.
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The Articles of Confederation,
1781-1788
• States were like their own
little countries
• Sort of like the European
Union
• All 13 states got one vote.
• Each state had its own unique
money
• The expression "not worth a
Continental" arose when the
new, American, paper notes
essentially became worthless
due to severe inflation toward
the end of the Rev. War
Mustang Mania Monday, Aug. 25
• Take your seat
• Take out your notebook
• Begin Precious Time
Precious Time
1. Tape Doc. HO into Notebook (Dec. of Ind, Const….)
2. Read over your last set of notes “The
Enlightenment”
3. Highlight what you think is important information
in your notes
4. Add in Cornell questions
Today’s Agenda
• Warm-Up/Pair Share
• FN: “The American Constitution”
• Homework –
• Work on your notebook
• Finish highlighting and adding questions to
your last notes
• Add to your title page
• Finish your vocab.
Today’s sTandard
11.1 Students analyze the significant events in the founding of the
nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government
described in the Declaration of Independence.
11.1.2 - Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding
Fathers' philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debates on the
drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights.
Topic – The development of the Constitution and rise of Federalism
Essential Question
How did the Constitution change the power
of the national government?
shays’ rebellion, 1786
• An armed uprising in
Massachusetts (MA) makes many
people realize that the
government was too weak
• Daniel Shays was a Revolutionary war
veteran who lost his farm because he fell
behind on his farm payments.
• His excuse was that he wasn’t working
his farm because he was fighting the
British.
• The bank said too bad…and uh thanks for
the liberty.
• After the uprising 12 states
agreed to meet in Philadelphia,
PA.
• Rhode Island did not send a delegate
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The Constitutional Convention, 1787
• The states’ delegates met
in PA to fix the Articles of
Confederation
• They met from May to September
and it was ridiculously hot and
humid and the delegates all wore
wool and wigs. It was supposedly
super miserable (and smelly).
• They realized they needed
a stronger national
government.
• They immediately gave up
on the Articles of
Confederation and started
over.
• Two major plans were
submitted.
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The Constitutional Convention, 1787
Great Compromise
Roger Sherman suggested a two-house
legislature.
The upper house would have equal votes
(two) and the lower house would be based
on population.
The Constitutional Convention, 1787
• Virginia Plan
• James Madison suggested a two-house
legislature with membership based on
each state’s population.
• The small states hated it.
• Mostly this was based on British
Parliament and Virginia’s state congress.
• New Jersey Plan
• This plan suggested a single-house
congress in which each state had an
equal vote.
• The large states hated it
• Basically this was just the Articles of
Confederation all over again
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3/5’s Compromise
• Southern states wanted to include slaves in
their populations.
• In the end they could count them but only
as three-fifths of a person.
• By the Civil War, 2/3 of the population of
South Carolina were slaves.
Ratification of the Constitution, 1789
• 9 of 13 states had to ratify (accept) the Constitution for it to
be law.
• Federalists wanted the states to vote for the Constitution.
• They wrote essays called “the Federalist Papers” and held
parades to drum up support for their side. They won.
• They wanted a strong president and more national power than
state power.
• James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Ben
Franklin
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Ratification of the Constitution, 1789
Anti-Federalists
• Wanted the states to
vote against
Constitution
• They demanded a
guarantee of basic
rights called the Bill of
Rights.
• Good Idea
• They wanted a weak
national government,
basically they said the
Articles of Confederation
were awful but it could
always be worse so what
can you do?
• John Hancock, Sam
Adams, Patrick Henry
WhaT’s in The ConsTiTuTion?
• Federalism
• Federalism divides power between
the national government and the
state governments.
• Separation of Powers
• They created three branches of
government: legislative, judicial,
and executive.
• Separation of Church and State
• The government can’t tax
churches and churches can’t get
involved in politics.
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Federalism
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State Authority
(reserved powers)
Coin money
Regulate interstate trade
Declare war
Raise and maintain an
Army/Navy
Shared Authority
(Concurrent Powers)
National/Federal
Authority
(delegated powers)
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Collect taxes
Establish courts
Build roads
Make Banks
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• Develop/maintain state
police
• State welfare - pensions,
food stamps
• Develop and govern local
governments
Checks and Balances
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The New Nation
• George Washington was elected
the first President and John
Adams was the first Vice
President.
• Washington had to “invent”
how to be President
• In 1789, only white, land
owning men had the ability to
vote in most states
• Very few votes overall:
• Delaware 3% of the
population
• Georgia 5%
• New York 3%
• Rhode Island 0.7%.
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The New Nation
• Whiskey Rebellion, 1794
• The government raised
taxes on the production
of whiskey which PA
farmers refused to pay.
• Whiskey- concentrated
liquid corn
• Easier to transport and store
• Urban vs rural politics
• Washington led 15,000
federal soldiers to make
them pay and proved
that the new government
was strong.
• This was the opposite of
Shays Rebellion
The First Political Parties
• Federalists
• Alexander Hamilton supported
federal authority.
• national bank, a high tariff,
industry
• Democratic-Republicans
• Thomas Jefferson supported
the states’ having more
authority.
• state banks, a low tariff, farmers
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Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798
• John Adams, a Federalist, made it illegal to
express opinions considered dangerous to the
government (sedition).
• The Act raised the residency requirements for
citizenship (voting).
• Most new immigrants were becoming DemocraticRepublicans.
• Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798
• Thomas Jefferson argued that the states should
ignore any laws that violated the Constitution.
• This argument, called nullification, led to the Civil
War.
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Marbury v. Madison, 1803
• Arguably, the MOST important Supreme
Court cases in American history.
• Marbury was appointed by John Adams at the
end of his presidency but had to get his license to
be a judge from the new president Thomas
Jefferson.
• James Madison refused to hand over the papers
because he thought Marbury’s appointment was
illegal.
• Judicial Review
• The right of the Supreme Court to declare acts of
the Congress and the president as
unconstitutional.
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