Unit 3: Foundations of American Democracy

Unit 3: Foundations of American Democracy Study Guide

Early Influences 1. Magna Carta 2. English Bill of Rights Articles of Confederation 3. VA House of Burgesses 1. Weaknesses 4. Maryland Toleration Act 2. Federal Gov. Powers under AOC 5. Zenger Case 3. Confederation Congress (1 Branch) 4. Problems w/ Debt Under AOC Growing Tension: The Road to Revolution 6. Shays Rebellion 1. The Navigation Acts 1651 1. What happened? 2. Mercantilism 2. Why is it significant to the AOC? 3. The French & Indian War 1754-1763 4. The Proclamation of 1763 Constitutional Convention & Compromises 5. Salutary Neglect 1. Issue of Representation 6. Acts- Remember ”No Taxation w/o a. Virginia Plan Representation” b. New Jersey Plan a. Stamp Act 1765 c. The Great Compromise b. Quartering Act 2. 3/5ths Compromise 3. Commerce Compromise c. Declaratory Act 4. Slave Trade Compromise d. Tea Act 5. Issue of Electing the President Coercive/Intolerable Acts e. a. Popular Vote 6. Incidents b. Congressional Vote a. Boston Massacre- Significance? c. Electoral College Compromise b. Boston Tea Party- Significance? - Have a basic understanding of how this works

The Boiling Point 1. First Continental Congress Federalist v Anti- Federalist (Study the Homework You 2. Battles of Lexington & Concord: Significance? got on this as well as your class notes) 3. Massachusetts Provincial Congress (Rebel Gov.) 1. Federalist view on government and constitution 4. Second Continental Congress: Significance? 2. Anti-Federalist view on Constitution 5. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense 3. Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers 6. Loyalists v. Patriots 4. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay 5. Bill of Rights Philosophers 6. Republic- Representative Democracy 1. John Locke – Influence on Declaration, purpose of gov. 7. Ratification of the US Constitution 2. Thomas Hobbes- Necessity of Rules What ultimately led to the approval of all of the 3. Jean-Jacque Rousseau- Popular Sovereignty state? 4. Barron de Montesquieu – Separation of Powers How many states needed to approve in order to 5. Social Contract Theory ratify it?

Declaration of Independence 1. Significance of Declaration of Natural Rights All of our class notes are on my wikipage a. Inalienable rights berry.cmswiki.wikispaces.net 2. Significance of List of Grievances 3. Significance of the Resolution Remember I am also collecting your warm-ups from Unit 3