https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk its about government en-us 2018-08-29 17:09:13 UTC 2018-09-05 17:57:59 UTC hello@padlet.com williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276330667 These are the basics concepts of government: 
Ordered Government
Limited Government
Representative Government]]> 2018-08-29 17:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276330667 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276350072 Government is set up in a logical manner, offices are organized appropriately.]]> 2018-08-29 17:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276350072 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276351282 Government is not all powerful; It can only have the powers granted to it by the people, and people have certain rights that can not be taken away.]]> 2018-08-29 17:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276351282 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276352269 Government should serve the will of the people.]]> 2018-08-29 18:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276352269 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276353030 Early English documents date back to 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. A 1776 document stating that the 13 English colonies were a free and independent nation. The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by Thomas Jefferson.]]> 2018-08-29 18:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276353030 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276355719 There were three types of British colonies: royal, proprietary, and self-governing. Proprietary is basically land grants from the British government. Royal is a colony ruled or administered by officials appointed by and responsible to the reigning sovereign of the parent state. Self-Governing was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.]]> 2018-08-29 18:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276355719 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276653093 A slogan of the revolutionary war and the years before. The colonist was not allowed to choose representatives to parliament in London, which passed the laws under which they were taxed. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276653093 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276654895 The principle of popular sovereignty was the basis for every new State constitution. That principle says that government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed. The people hold power and the people are sovereign.]]> 2018-08-30 16:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276654895 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276655599 French and Indian War : 1754 British and French forces battle for control of the Ohio River Valley. British win and tax the colonies to repay massive war debts 
The Stamp Act : 1765 parliament passed the Stamp Act a tax on paper goods. Outraged colonist boycott British goods claiming parliament had no right to tax them without their consent. 
The Boston Massacre : March 5,1770, British soldiers in Boston are surrounded by an angry crowd of colonists and the soldiers open fire killing 4 and fatally wounding 2 colonists. The colonist call the even the Boston massacre and the killing lead to the withdrawal of British troops from Boston. 
The Boston Tea Party : The British pass the Townsend Acts taxing all paper glass lead and tea. They send forces to the colonies to enforce the new taxes but shortly repeal all but the tea tax. Insulted by the tea tax a small band of patriots disguised as Native Americans board English ships in Boston Harbor and dumb 342 chest of tea overboard. 
The intolerable Acts : a response to the Boston tea party British pass a number of punitive measures in the spring of 1774. Boston Harbor is closed. The colonists call for a Continental Congress’s in 1774. The repeal of the Intolerable Acts would be the colonists’ primary demand until independence.]]> 2018-08-30 16:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276655599 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276655721  Virginia plan advocated two legislative houses of which membership would be based on population. New Jersey plan advocated one legislative house, membership in which would be equal for all states.  The Virginia Plan was used, but some ideas from the New Jersey Plan were added. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276655721 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656191 The concept of limited government was a major feature of each State constitution. The powers delegated to government were granted relunctanly and hedged with many restrictions. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656191 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656774 Also known as the Connecticut Compromise,  was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:38:22 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656774 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656853 In every State it was made clear that the sovereignty people held certain rights that the government must respect at all times. Seven of the new constitutions contained a bill of rights, setting out the “unalienable rights” held by the people. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276656853 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276657717 The 3/5 compromise  was a compromise reached among state delegates during the 1787 United States constitutional convention. The Three Fifths Compromise resolved the issue of counting slaves towards population in regards to representation in the House of Representatives.]]> 2018-08-30 16:40:25 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276657717 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276658513 The powers granted to the new State governments were purposely divided among three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Each branch was given powers with which to check (restrain the actions of) the other branches of the government. ]]> 2018-08-30 16:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276658513 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276658758 One of the major compromises in the Constitutional Convention was between the small states and big states. The small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in Congress. The big states wanted representation based on population.]]> 2018-08-30 16:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276658758 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276659848 https://www.teachertube.com/video/federalists-vs-anti-federalists-94070]]> 2018-08-30 16:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276659848 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276681268 The Federalist Party was the first American political party. It existed from the early 1790s to 1816.
Anti-Federalism refers to a movement that opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government and which later opposed the ratification of the 1787 Constitution.]]> 2018-08-30 17:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276681268 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276681820 The Constitution of the United States is the central instrument of American goevernment and the supreme law of the land. For 200 years it has guided the evolution of governmental institutions and has provided the basis for political stability, individual freedom, economic growth, and social progress. ]]> 2018-08-30 17:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276681820 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276682612 The Federalists wanted a strong government and strong executive branch, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government.]]> 2018-08-30 17:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276682612 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276683481 The Continental Congress was the governing body by which the American colonial governments coordinated their resistance to British rule during the first two years of the American Revolution. The Congress balanced the interests of the different colonies and also established itself as the official colonial liaison to Great Britain. As the war progressed, the Congress became the effective national ]]> 2018-08-30 17:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276683481 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276683537 The Federalists felt that this addition wasn't necessary, because they believed that the Constitution as it stood only limited the government not the people. The Anti- Federalists claimed the Constitution gave the central government too much power, and without a Bill of Rights the people would be at risk of oppression.]]> 2018-08-30 17:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276683537 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276950084 The states retained all powers not specifically give to Congress.The states include the ability to collect taxes and enforce national laws. It was also up to the states to contribute funds to the national government as they saw it.]]> 2018-08-31 16:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276950084 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276951441 Articles had given Congress that kept it from effectively enforcing its laws and policies. The articles denied Congress the power to tax. This situation made it hard to raise money for the national army. Congress also lacked the authority to regulate commerce, or trade, between the states]]> 2018-08-31 16:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276951441 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276952438 In September 1786 a small band of Massachusetts farmers rebelled at the prospect of losing their land. By 1787, the ranks of Shays Rebellion had swelled to nearly 2,500. ]]> 2018-08-31 16:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276952438 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276953520 Colonial currencies had a big deal with it all there were two main currencies that everyone kind of used but it created conflict Bc of buying things and trying to agree on one currency.]]> 2018-08-31 16:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/276953520 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/277646938 Second continental congress met three weeks after Lexington and Concord in Philadelphia. Congress’s first actions was to organize the ragtag militia around Boston into an official Continental Army. George Washington was unanimously voted its commander. In July 1775 the congress sent George III a final appeal. He refused to read the petition and on August 2: he proclaimed American colonists to be in a full state of rebellion. During the revolution congress would raise troops borrow money send diplomats to Europe, create a monetary system and declare the colonies independent from Britain. ]]> 2018-09-04 16:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/277646938 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278043833 Thomas Jefferson of Virginia 
James Adams of Massachusetts 
Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania 
Roger Sherman of Connecticut 
Robert R Livingston of New York ]]> 2018-09-05 15:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278043833 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278045575 Thomas Jefferson and he used the thought first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase “Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” was first considered by Locke in his Two Treaties of Goverment. ]]> 2018-09-05 15:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278045575 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278084418 2018-09-05 16:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278084418 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278086857 2018-09-05 17:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278086857 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278088499 2018-09-05 17:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278088499 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278088905 2018-09-05 17:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278088905 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278089605 2018-09-05 17:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278089605 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278090015 2018-09-05 17:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278090015 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278090648 2018-09-05 17:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278090648 williams_9116 https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278092617 2018-09-05 17:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/williams_9116/tob8gvli79qk/wish/278092617