 The Pilgrims developed the Mayflower Compact, which was an agreement to make laws for the benefit of the whole settlement.  Los peregrinos desarrollaron el acuerdo de Mayflower, que era un acuerdo de hacer leyes en.beneficio del establecimiento entero

 Steps toward self government  Foundation of U.S. constitution  First agreement in America that whatever laws were made were going to be decided by the people and not just one person  Pasos hacia el gobierno autónomo  Fundación de los E.E.U.U. constitución  Primer acuerdo en América que cualesquiera leyes fueron hechos iban a ser decididos por la gente y no apenas una persona

Mayflower Compact

John Locke

 European Enlightenment thinker  Declaration of Independence  Declaración de independencia  tienes derecho a cambiar un gobierno opresivo?

 1. What did John Locke believe?  2. What are 3 basic rights humans are born with?  3. What should happen to a government that fails to protect these rights?  4. How did Montesquie want the government set up?  5. What happens when you mix Politics with Religion?

 Britain did not enforce any laws on the colonists prior to the French & Indian War  benefit from the economic prosperity of the American colonies  Gran Bretaña no hizo cumplir ninguna leyes sobre los colonos antes de la guerra francesa y india  beneficiarse de la prosperidad económica delas colonias americanas

Thomas Paine

 Wrote “Common Sense”  Urged Colonists to Declare Independence from Great Britain  Life liberty and pursuit of happiness  End their relationship with Britain  la publicación Common Sense (El sentido común)  poner fin a su relación política con Gran Bretaña

 1. What is the natural state of man & what does he mean by this?  2. Do you think that men were all equals at one time?  3. Why do you think he feels the colonists will be Independent?  1. ¿Cuál es el estado natural del hombre y qué él significa por esto?  2. ¿Usted piensa que los hombres eran todos iguales en algún tiempo?  3. ¿Por qué el piensa que los colonos serán independiente?

 Declaration of Independence  3 rd President  declaración independencia

Taxes Unfair treatment No Democracy King had all the power

 First Constitution of the U.S.  Problem  States had all the power  Federal government had no power and could not enforce laws  Primera constitución de los Estados Unidos  Los estados tenían toda los derechos  El gobierno federal no tenía ningunos derechos y no podía cumplir leyes

 Ratify the Articles of Confederation  Set up a system of Government that would work for the people and make everyone happy  la creación de un cuerpo legislativo bicameral

 People who wanted a new Constitution  They felt that the Articles of Confederation wasn’t working properly  Gente que deseó una nueva constitución

 People who did not want to have a new Constitution  They feared that the Federal Government would have too much power and not protect their rights  Personas quién no deseó tener una nuevo constitución  la nueva Constitución había otorgado demasiado poder político a los gobiernos estatales

 Executive  Legislative  Judicial  Ejecutivo  Legislativo  judicial

 Supreme law of the Land  Elastic- it expands if society changes (new laws are being added based on what the people want and need)  ley suprema del país  la cláusula elástica

 Amendment (to add something) (Laws are changed based on what the people want & need)  Ratify (to remove)  proceso de enmienda Y ratificar

 6 Components  To form a more perfect union  To establish justice  To ensure domestic tranquility  To provide for the common defense  To promote the general welfare  To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

Settled a dispute how the states would be represented in government. They created two separate ways which is the Legislative branch called Congress. H.O.R. + Senate = Congress H.O.R is based on the population of the state Senate has only two per state (so if there are 50 states how many senators do we have?)  los estados serían representados en el Congreso

 Representation will be based by how many people in that state  Every state would get two representatives no matter how many people live in that state

 Settled a debate over how slaves would be counted  States down south had slaves  States in the north did not  They needed a way to count the slaves for the H.O.R.  So for every five slaves in a state only 3 would be counted to have fair representation in government  Colocó un excedente del discusión cómo los esclavos serían contados

 President/ Vice President  Enforces / Executes the laws  Commander in Chief  Declare war  Veto Laws  El presidente vicepresidente Esforzar /ejecutar las leyes  El comandante en jefe  declara guerra  leyes del veto Executive- Ejecutivo

Legislative

 House of Representatives  435 (Number changes every ten years because of Census)  Senate  100  Es un órgano bicameral, compuesto por la Cámara de Representantes y el Senado. bicameral Cámara de Representantes Senado  El número cambia cada diez años debido a censo nacional

 La Cámara de Representantes  Senado. Senado

 What is it?  When does it happen?  Why do we need it?  What part of the House is it for?  ¿Qué es?  ¿Cuándo sucede? ¿Por qué lo necesitamos?  ¿Qué parte de la casa es para?

Judiciary

 Supreme Court  Decide whether state laws are unconstitutional  El Tribunal Supremo decide a si los leyes del estado son inconstitucionales

 System where all three branches of government can check each other so that no one branch can become more powerful than the other two  Sistema donde los tres ramas del gobierno pueden comprobarse de modo que nadie rama pueda llegar a ser más de gran alcance que los otros dos

 The process where power is divided between the states and the Federal Government  Federalismo es un término que se utiliza para definir la división de poderes entre  los niveles nacional y estatal del gobierno

 Delegated Power  Collect Taxes  Interstate laws  Create Money  Reserved Power  School Laws  Marriage Laws

 Power that the State and Federal Government Share  Taxes  Borrow Money  se comparten entre el gobierno nacional y los gobiernos locales

 The First Ten Amendments of the U.S. Constitution  These are the rights that protect you  Freedom of religion, speech, Press,  Las primeras diez enmiendas de los E.E.U.U. Constitución

Unwritten Constitution Constitución consuetudinaria