The revolutionary generation formulated the political philosophy and laid the institutional foundations for the system of government under which Americans live. New political ideas about the relationship between people and their government helped to justify the Declaration of Independence. Essential Knowledge | The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was inspired by ideas concerning natural rights and political authority that laid the institutional foundations for the system of government that ultimately unified the American people. The eventual draft of the Declaration of Independence, authored by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, reflected the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine. on and of the were incorporated when Jefferson wrote: Locke’s writings “natural rights,” “social contract,” “ordered liberty,” “consent governed” these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these “We hold are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the “That governed.” whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new “That Government…” challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England. It was read by many American colonists and contributed to the growing Common Sense Paine’s sentiment for independence from Great Britain. Jefferson incorporated into the Declaration of Independence many of the grievances against the King of England that Paine had outlined in Common Sense. STANDARD VUS.5a The student will apply social science skills to understand the development of the American political system by a) examining founding documents to explore the development of American constitutional government, with emphasis on the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in the framing of the Bill of Rights; Essential Understandings American political leaders wrote a series of documents intended to provide an effective system of government based on republican principles. Essential Knowledge The Articles of Confederation American political leaders, fearful of a powerful central government like created a weak national system of government. Significant powers given to the states Britain’s, ultimately made the national government ineffective. The Articles of Confederation provided for a weak national government gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states
The revolutionary generation formulated the political philosophy and laid the institutional foundations for the system of government under which Americans live. New political ideas about the relationship between people and their government helped to justify the Declaration of Independence. Essential Knowledge | The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence was inspired by ideas concerning natural rights and political authority that laid the institutional foundations for the system of government that ultimately unified the American people. The eventual draft of the Declaration of Independence, authored by Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, reflected the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine. Locke’s writings on “natural rights,” “social contract,” “ordered liberty,” and “consent of the governed” were incorporated when Jefferson wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government…” Paine’s Common Sense challenged the rule of the American colonies by the King of England. It was read by many American colonists and contributed to the growing sentiment for independence from Great Britain. Jefferson incorporated into the Declaration of Independence many of the grievances against the King of England that Paine had outlined in Common Sense. STANDARD VUS.5a The student will apply social science skills to understand the development of the American political system by a) examining founding documents to explore the development of American constitutional government, with emphasis on the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in the framing of the Bill of Rights; Essential Understandings American political leaders wrote a series of documents intended to provide an effective system of government based on republican principles. Essential Knowledge The Articles of Confederation American political leaders, fearful of a powerful central government like Britain’s, created a weak national system of government. Significant powers given to the states ultimately made the national government ineffective. The Articles of Confederation provided for a weak national government gave Congress no power to tax or regulate commerce among the states
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