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1. America’s Political Heritage Overview:Our American heritage developed from Greek, Roman, and English traditions of government.Belief in self-government…
Slide 1STUDY GUIDE: The CONSTITUTION of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA Slide 2 The Declaration of Independence: 1. Who wrote it? When? Why? Which philosopher was an inspiration…
Slide 1 Slide 2 British Origins to American Government Identifying traditions taken from colonists British heritage Slide 3 History of English Government Feudalism (1066)…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 The late 17 th – 18 th centuries Challenged Political Authority $Challenged Religious Authority $Challenged the Social Order Slide 4 $ French…
Slide 1 The Enlightenment Unit 1: Notes #2 9/11/12 Mr. Welch Slide 2 The Enlightenment An intellectual movement during the 18th century that stressed the use of reason,…
Slide 1 “O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: it is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over…
Slide 1 HUMAN RIGHT Slide 2 Introduction Human right (HR) is a concept that has been constantly evolving throughout human history. They been altogether tied to the laws,…
Slide 1 Reasons Europeans Came to America Slide 2 Gold, God, Glory Slide 3 Biggest disagreements between Native Americans and Europeans Slide 4 Land Ownership Slide 5 Country…
Slide 1 RIGHTS, DUTIES, PRIVILIGES Slide 2 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining…