Unit 2: Creating a New Government
LESSON 1 - How will the colonies govern themselves after declaring independence?
LESSON 2 - Were Shays and his followers justified in their actions?
LESSON 3 - Why did the delegates want to alter the Articles of Confederation and what role did the different perspectives of the states play?
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Lesson 4 Materials
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Congressional Reapportionment Changes 1960-2010
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Discussion Questions
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1. What impact might this have on individual state power in the House of Representatives over time?
2. Which regions have gained more power over time? Which ones have lost power? 3. How does the Great Compromise give people who live in small states greater power than people living in larger populous states? 4. How might shifts in population affect the laws that the legislature passes? |
What Form Should The Executive Take?
What does this map have to do with the issue concerning the form of the executive?
Compromise:
- The president would be elected at the state level through a special group.
- The number of electors per state would reflect the state’s representation in Congress.
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Lesson 6 Materials
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Threats to Domestic Tranquility: Contemporary Examples
Milwaukee, WI. Charlottesville, VA. Oklahoma City, OK. Las Vegas. NV.
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Lesson 8 Materials
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Source #1
Brutus No. 1
… that a free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent, containing such a number of inhabitants, and these encreasing in such rapid progression as that of the whole United States. . . .
History furnishes no example of a free republic, anything like the extent of the United States. The Grecian republics were of small extent; so also was that of the Romans. Both of these, it is true, in process of time, extended their conquests over large territories of country; and the consequence was, that their governments were changed from that of free governments to those of the most tyrannical that ever existed in the world.
… that a free republic cannot succeed over a country of such immense extent, containing such a number of inhabitants, and these encreasing in such rapid progression as that of the whole United States. . . .
History furnishes no example of a free republic, anything like the extent of the United States. The Grecian republics were of small extent; so also was that of the Romans. Both of these, it is true, in process of time, extended their conquests over large territories of country; and the consequence was, that their governments were changed from that of free governments to those of the most tyrannical that ever existed in the world.
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Lesson 9 Materials
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Lesson 10 Materials
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