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• Grades updated• Journal Entries - news sources, additional comments not shared in class, political issues - Due week before end of marking period• Binders due soon - collection begins next week
Current Events • 2nd healthcare worker has
Ebola - should we be concerned? - Are hospitals protecting themselves properly?
• Manheim Twp: Art or Pornography? - man has portraits/cutouts of semi-clothed or naked person in yard - neighbors complain
Declaration of Independence
• List of grievances - against the various acts by the king - justification for rebelling• Identified basic Rights - Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness - promotes equality
Revolutionary War• Response to the Declaration - colonies want freedom - self-governance• Long and expensive war - colonies were short resources - Britain far from home• End result, a new country
A new government• Articles of Confederation - drafted before the war ended - ratified by the states - went into effect in 1783• State power - retained sovereignty - loose association• Central Government - weak - lacked control
Weaknesses of the Articles• Law enforcement to states - no president• No national court• States independent - boundary disputes - trade issues• Poverty and reconstruction - currency issues• No unity - appeared weak