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Warm- up TIME LINE • Dates – 1607 – 1619 – 1620 – 1639 – 1776 Events 1. Mayflower Compact 2. Declaration of Independence 3. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 4. Virginia House of Burgesses 5. James town Vocabulary • Grievances: – wrongs, as perceived by the colonists that were committed by the King George III towards the colonists. Twenty-seven grievances are listed in the Declaration of Independence. • Quartering Act: – ordered the local governments of the American colonies to provide housing and provisions for British soldiers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ 56cZGRMx4&feature=related Grievances 1. No taxation without representation 1. If you tax me I want to have representation 2. King has absolute power 1. 2/3 vote 3. Colonist not allowed to speak out against the king 1. Ad:1 freedom of speech 4. Quartering Act Forced colonists to house troops 1. Ad:3 right not to house troops 5. Allowed homes to be searched without warrants 1. Ad:4 must have a warrant 6. No trial by jury of peers 1. Ad:7 • Natural rights: basic rights that government cannot deny from the people. Life, liberty, happiness • Individual rights: Rights are an inherent part of a human being. Rights are yours at birth, given to you by nature or God, and permit you to act in your own self-interest with total control over your own life and property, so long as you do not infringe upon the same rights of others. Rights are not granted by the State. A legitimate government can only guarantee that the rights of all are equally protected. Bill of Rights • Read the Bill of Rights, and locate the grievances in the amendments. • Label Warm – up Map! – Fur trade (French) – Spanish Missions Use pages for Spanish missions 65 1 San Antonio 2 San Jose 3 San Lorenzo 4 San Luis Rio 2 4 3 1 WARM -UP •STUDY YOUR JOURNAL!!! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5M50xBz 1cU&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O8 0i4 Draw a venn diagram comparing the mayflower compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut May flower compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut WARM- UP • “ 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” • unalienable rights • Privilege rights • Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers