Slide 1 Bell Ringer What is the Code of Hammurabi? Why is this significant to the U.S? Slide 2 Origins of American Government Slide 3 The English colonists in America brought…

American Government Brief History King George III Became King in 1760 The Colonies The colonies were founded starting in 1607 (Virginia) and 1733 (Georgia) Each colony formed…

Origins of American Government Origins of American Government CHAPTER 2 Importance of the Magna Carta What was important? - We read this in class! Magna Carta cont. Limited…

* Chapter 2 Our Political Beginnings What basic concepts of government were held by American colonists? Which important English documents have had the most influence on our…

Slide 1 People of the American Revolution Abigail Adams The wife of John Adams When her husband was working on the Declaration of Independence she reminded him to âremember…

What basic concepts were held by American colonists? What basic concepts were held by American colonists? The need for an ordered social system, or government. The need for…

* The American Pageant Chapter 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775 Chapter Themes Theme: Compared with its seventeenth-century counterpart, eighteenth-century…

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Slide 1 Unit 1: Constitutional Principles August 28, 2012 Outcomes: SWBAT define representative democracy and describe early examples of self-government in colonial US history.…