8/31/12 BR

ID should be the first thing that they ask for before allowing people to vote. The person voting should have known to have an ID.

8/30/12 BR

it's a bad thing but no one can stop it from happening

8/29/12 BR

Sure faking your own death should be a crime only if youre doing it for the money but if youre just doing it because you hate your life them youre just stupid.

Federalist and Anti-Federalist 8/28/12

Who are you? How old are you in 1787?
~My name is Samuel Adams. It is the year of 1787 so that makes me 65.
Are you a Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
~I am an Anti-Federalist
What is your personal history up to 1787?
~ I was born on September 27 1722. I was an American Statesman, politica philospher, and one of the Founding fathers of the United States. I saw the act as an infringement of longstanding colonial rights on 1764. In 1760, I was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliaments efforts to tax the British American colonies without their consent. In 1774, after Parliament passed the Coercive Acts, I attened the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. In 1778, I signed the Articles of Confeeration with the other Massachustes delegates but they were not ratified by all of the states until 1781. In 1787 I expressed my displeasure as I wrote to Richard Henry Lee " I confess, as I enter the Building Istumble ot the Threshold. I meet with a National Governmet, instead of a Federal Union of States.
What was your role in Consitutional Convention?
~ I was appointed as a representative where I was most noted for my oratory skills, and as a passionate advocate of independence from Britian.
What started veiws would explain your actions during the Constitutional Convention?( use questions in your answers and cite sitations.

What is your stance during the ratifying convention? Who supports your viewpoint?
~I clearly dislike the proposed constitution and that's why my supporteres expressed dismay when I was elected to the Massachusetts ratifying convention that began deliberations in Sanuary 1788.
What are your veiws of this new pior of government?What are the benefits or dangers?

8/28/12 BR

I think he should still be able to pray just not as long as they normally do either in a group or not.

8/27/12 Notes

Ratification

Federalists

Led by James Madison

James Wilson

Rufus King

Roger Sherman

Alexander Hamilton

Support from Washington

Against

George Mason

Patrick Henry
-antifederalist
Richard Herney Lee

George Clinton

Samuel Adams

Elbridge Gerry & Robert Yates Melancton Smith, and others


The Federalist Papers writen by three man to convence us to support the concitution. Concitution says 9 of 13 colonies must aprove

Delaware was the first state
New Hampshere 9th state
Rhonde Island 13th state

Connecticut
Ellsworth (Elsworth), Oliver*
Johnson, William S.
Sherman, Roger Delaware
Bassett (Basset), Richard
Bedford, Gunning, Jr.
Broom, Jacob
Dickinson, John
Read, George Georgia
Baldwin, Abraham
Few, William
Houstoun, William*
Pierce, William L.* Maryland
Carroll, Daniel
Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas
Martin, Luther*
McHenry, James
Mercer, John F.* Massachusetts
Gerry, Elbridge*
Gorham, Nathaniel
King, Rufus
Strong, Caleb* New Hampshire
Gilman, Nicholas
Langdon, John New Jersey
Brearly (Brearley), David
Dayton, Jonathan
Houston, William C.*
Livingston, William
Paterson (Patterson), William New York
Hamilton, Alexander
Lansing, John, Jr.*
Yates, Robert * North Carolina
Blount, William
Davie, William R.*
Martin, Alexander *
Spaight, Richard D.
Williamson, Hugh Pennsylvania
Clymer, George
Fitzsimons, Thomas
Franklin, Benjamin
Ingersoll, Jared
Mifflin, Thomas
Morris, Gouverneur
Morris, Robert
Wilson, James South Carolina
Butler, Pierce
Pinckney, Charles
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
Rutledge, John Rhode Island
Rhode Island did not send any delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Virginia
Blair, John
Madison, James
Mason, George *
McClurg, James*
Randolph, Edmund J.*
Washington, George
Wythe, George* Exploring Constitutional Conflicts

8/27/12 BR

I dont get why she couldn't just buy women's black dress pants and why they wouldn't allow her to wear a long black skirt after they said that it would be okay.

8/24/12 BR

Twitter allows you to follow the candidates.

Civics Assignment for 8/23/12

Thursday, August 23, 2012

civics assignment for August 23, 2012

1. Define the Constitution…..in your own words in a PARAGRAPH (3-5 sentences)

            The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and an established precedents according to a state or orginitization  is acknowledged to be governed. It protects the rights of Americans. Also sets up the government.

2. How would your life be without the constitution ?

          Life would be soooooo differnet and not the same!

3. Define the following words:

Ratification

~ To approve and give formal sanction to.

Faction

~ A cohesive, usu. contentious minority within a larger group.

Federalism

~ A system of federal government.

Federalist/ Antifederalist

~ An advocate of federalism.

Compromise

~ A settlement of ifferences in which each side makes concessions.

The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)

~ An agreement that large and small states reached durning the Constitutional Convention of 1787  that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United State Constitution.

Checks and Balances

~ An important part of the Constitution.

Democratic Republic

~ A country that is both a republic and a democracy. It is one where ultimate authority and power is derived from the citizens.

Delegated Powers of the Federal Government

~ Expressed, Implied, Inherent

Reserved Powers of the State Governments

~ A power that may be exercised by the head of state without the approval of another branch of the government.

Separation of Powers

~ Often imprecisely used interchangeably with the trias politica principle, is a model for the governance of a state.

Civil Liberties
~ Civil rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights.

BR for 8/22/12

The election is very close. Obama is probably going to win. But I wouldn't be shocked if he didn't.

Citizenshiptest Results for 8/22/12

5-10 :/

8/23/12 BR

It shouldn't matter who he waved the tarrible towel for. People have their own opinions. So who cares?!?

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My name is Katara Lockhart. Im 18 and a senior at PBHS. I am also a cheerleader.