shea chapter 2
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2Early Governance and the Constitutional Framework
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Nature of Government and Politics
What is government?
What does it mean to be under the rule of government? Civil law Criminal law
Power and authority
What is politics?
2.1
FIGURE 2.1: Government and Politics: What’s the difference?
2.1
2.1 Which of the following is responsible for establishing and enforcing the “rules of game”?
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a. Constitution
b. Body of law
c. Political system
d. Government
a. Constitution
b. Body of law
c. Political system
d. Government
2.12.1 Which of the following is responsible for establishing and enforcing the “rules of game”?
Types of Governments
Monarchy Constitutional monarchies Dictator
Oligarchy
Pluralism
Democracy (popular sovereignty) Direct democracy
2.2
TABLE 2.1: Types of governing systems
2.2
Types of Governments
Republic Representative democracy
Totalitarian regime – no limits Authoritarian regime – informal limits Constitutional government – formal & informal limits
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2.2 A political system that allows citizens to shape government action is called
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a. pluralistic
b. democratic
c. authoritarian
d. constitutional monarchies
2.2 A political system that allows citizens to shape government action is called
2.2
a. pluralistic
b. democratic
c. authoritarian
d. constitutional monarchies
Early Governance in America
Pilgrims on the Mayflower (1620)
Mayflower Compact
2.3
Mayflower Compact 2.3
Early Governance in America
Colonial assemblies versus royal governors
Great Squeeze Sugar Act (1764) Stamp Act (1765) Townshend Acts (1767) Tea Tax (1773)
2.3
2.3 In what way was the Mayflower Compact important?
2.3
a. It established laws by which colonists would rule themselves.
b. It reflected Enlightenment ideas about self-governance.
c. It supported colonists’ rule by governors appointed by the king.
d. It placed the colonists outside of the jurisdiction of the king.
2.3 In what way was the Mayflower Compact important?
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a. It established laws by which colonists would rule themselves.
b. It reflected Enlightenment ideas about self-governance.
c. It supported colonists’ rule by governors appointed by the king.
d. It placed the colonists outside of the jurisdiction of the king.
American Revolution
Two Types of Causes
Declaration of Independence
Colonial Experience and Pathways of Change
2.4
Two Types of Causes
Financial Money flowing back to Crown
Ideological “No taxation without representation” Political philosophy John Locke Adam Smith Thomas Paine
2.4
Declaration of Independence First Continental Congress (1774)
Hope for reconciliation
Battle of Lexington and Concord War begins
Second Continental Congress (1775) Rationale for rebellion
Natural Rights
Social Contract Theory
2.4
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
2.4
Pulling down statue of King George III 2.4
Statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down
2.4
Worth the risk?
Were other pathways of change open?
Must “the tree of liberty be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants”?
Colonial Experience and Pathways of Change
2.4
2.4 Under which notion do individuals exchange certain rights for security?
a. Popular sovereignty
b. Social contract theory
c. Natural rights
d. The Great Squeeze
2.4
2.4 Under which notion do individuals exchange certain rights for security?
a. Popular sovereignty
b. Social contract theory
c. Natural rights
d. The Great Squeeze
2.4
Articles of Confederation
Limitations of the Articles of Confederation
Shays’ Rebellion: An Alternative Look
2.5
Limitations of the Articles of Confederation
Why did they fail? Weak central government No power to tax No power to regulate commerce No power to conduct foreign affairs No power to enforce laws Difficult to amend
2.5
TABLE 2.2: Powers of Congress under the Articles of Confederation
2.5
Limitations of the Articles of Confederation
Why did they fail? Weak central government No power to tax No power to regulate commerce No power to conduct foreign affairs No power to enforce laws Difficult to amend
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Shays’s Rebellion: An Alternative Look
Were there no other pathways for change?
Small farmers versus banks
Foreclosures
State government
A recourse for the elite?
2.5
Shays’s Rebellion 2.5
Shays’s Rebellion: An Alternative Look
Small farmers versus banks
Foreclosures
State government
A recourse for the elite?
2.5
2.5 Which of the following was a reason for the failure of the Articles of Confederation?a. Too high taxes
b. Too much power to restrict trade
c. Strong executive
d. Weak central government
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2.5 Which of the following was a reason for the failure of the Articles of Confederation?a. Too high taxes
b. Too much power to restrict trade
c. Strong executive
d. Weak central government
2.5
Constitutional Convention
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Sectional Compromise
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Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
2.6Great Compromise
TABLE 2.3: Virginia Plan 2.6
TABLE 2.4: New Jersey Plan 2.6
Virginia Plan
New Jersey Plan
Connecticut Compromise
2.6Great Compromise
TABLE 2.5: Differences between Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan and Great Compromise
2.6
Three-Fifths Compromise
Census
Who counts? Southern states wanted to count slaves Northern states did not
Three-fifths of a person
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Sectional Compromise
Power to regulate commerce worried South
North wanted to restrict slavery
Importation ban forbidden until 1808
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2.6Birmingham protests
2.6 In creating the Constitution, large states would have been more inclined toa. oppose slavery
b. support the New Jersey Plan
c. support the Virginia Plan
d. oppose the Connecticut Compromise
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a. oppose slavery
b. support the New Jersey Plan
c. support the Virginia Plan
d. oppose the Connecticut Compromise
2.62.6 In creating the Constitution, large states would have been more inclined to
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U.S. Constitution
Three Branches of Government
Separate Institutions Sharing Power
Checks and Balances
2.7
FIGURE 2.2: Sharing Powers, Checks and Balances
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U.S. Constitution
Representative Republicanism
Federalism Expressed powers Police powers
Reciprocity Among the States
Fixed System Open to Change Bill of Rights
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U.S. Constitution
Representative Republicanism
Federalism Expressed powers Police powers
Reciprocity Among the States
Fixed System Open to Change Bill of Rights
2.7
FIGURE 2.3: How the Constitution can be amended
2.7
TABLE 2.6: First 10 Amendments to the Constitution (Bill of Rights)
2.7
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2.7 What type of government were the Framers seeking to create?a. Representative republic
b. Direct democracy
c. Modified oligarchy
d. Constitutional monarchy
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2.7 What type of government were the Framers seeking to create?a. Representative republic
b. Direct democracy
c. Modified oligarchy
d. Constitutional monarchy
2.7
Struggle over Ratification
Federalist Papers
Anti-Federalists’ Response
A Second Revolution?
2.8
Federalist Papers
Authors (“Publius”): James Madison Alexander Hamilton John Jay
New York key state for ratification
Explaining the document
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
2.8
Anti-Federalists’ Response
Large government too distant to be responsive
Too many constituents per representative
President would dominate other branches
No protection for individual rights and liberties
2.8
FIGURE 2.4: Ratification of the Constitution, 1787-1790
2.8
A Second Revolution?
Election of 1800 First peaceful transfer of power
Alien and Sedition Acts Failed to stifle criticism of government Notion of legitimate opposition
2.8
2.8Sedition Act
2.8 What was an objection of the Anti-Federalists?
a. Executive too weak
b. Judiciary too weak
c. No protection for individual rights and liberties
d. Too many representatives in Congress
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2.8 What was an objection of the Anti-Federalists?
a. Executive too weak
b. Judiciary too weak
c. No protection for individual rights and liberties
d. Too many representatives in Congress
2.8
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2.8
Why did the colonists break free from British rule? Were they successful in creating a government that solved the problems they had as British subjects under colonial rule?
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