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Directions for Foundations Foldable

Directions for Foundations Foldable Take 3 sheets of paper and place them about ½ inch apart. Fold up the bottom edges of the paper to form 5 tabs. When all of the tabs are the same size, crease the paper to hold the tabs in place and staple the sheets together. Label each tab as follows:.

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Directions for Foundations Foldable

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  1. Directions for Foundations Foldable Take 3 sheets of paper and place them about ½ inch apart. Fold up the bottom edges of the paper to form 5 tabs. When all of the tabs are the same size, crease the paper to hold the tabs in place and staple the sheets together. Label each tab as follows: Foundations of American Democracy • Raise each flap up to reveal a • Page (with its name at the bottom). • For each document, record the following information on its page: • Date/Place Created • Brief description in your own words • Significance -- Why is this document important in the development of ideas of democracy in America? • A symbol to represent the document/event and its ideas

  2. Magna Carta– 1215 – England What is it: Nobles forced King John to sign the “great charter” guaranteeing nobles and freemen the right to trial by jury and promising to consult with Parliament (lawmakers) about new taxes. Why it’s important: Established the ideas that all men [people] should be granted certain rights, the king had limits to his power, and not all power in the government was given solely to the king. Foundations of American Democracy **1st Document to limit the power of the King/Ruler**

  3. What it is: Jamestown colonists started the first elected representative assembly in America to make laws for the Virginia colony. Why it’s important: Established the idea in America that people should have some say in the way they are governed. (self-governed/represented) Virginia House of Burgesses – 1619 – Jamestown, Virginia

  4. Mayflower Compact – 1620 – Plymouth, Massachusetts What is it: Pilgrims signed an agreement before leaving their ship, the Mayflower, promising to obey laws for the general goodof the colony. Why it’s important: Established the idea in America that people could form their own government for the general good of society. (self-government) Foundations of American Democracy

  5. What it is: To establish order and maintain the peace, the settlers of Connecticut wrote a detailed plan of government for their colony. Why it’s important: First written constitution in the New World, establishing the idea that people have the power to create their own plan of government and write down the laws so that they apply to all& all would follow/obey. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - 1639 - Connecticut

  6. English Bill of Rights– 1689 – England What is it: Before being crowned, King William and Queen Mary agreed that an elected Parliament had to approve taxes and that people had basic rights including the right to trial by jury. Why it’s important: Reaffirmed the ideas that people have rights and that the power and authority of kings have firm limits. Foundations of American Democracy

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