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Name KEY Date Wednesday, 1/27 Period ______
Aim: How did State Constitutions influence the creation of the United States Constitution?
Do Now: Watch the State Constitutions Video and answer the questions below.
1. What principles of government did the early State Constitutions have in them? Try to identify at least 3.
a. Separation of Powers
b. Individual Rights
c. Bill of Rights
2. How did State Constitutions help to frame the Bill of Rights?
The first 8 Amendments in the Bill of Rights were taken from ideas in the State Constitutions.
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Questions:
What did the colonies do before the Revolutionary War began?
They created their own state constitutions. Created individual state governments.
How did New York divide power in their government?
New York divided power in their government among three branches: Executive, Legislative, & Judicial
a. How does the division in New York State government mirror that used in the United States Constitution?
It also used three branches in the government: Executive, Legislative, & Judicial, and it had the powers separated to ensure that they would not become too powerful.
Directions: Analyze the chart below and use it to fill out your own comparison chart of the New York State Constitution of 1777 and the United States Constitution on the back.
|New York State Constitution (1777) |United States Constitution (1787) |
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Turn the page to fill out your own chart
|Subject of Excerpt |New York State Constitution Summary of Excerpt |United States Constitution Summary of Excerpt |
|Power Granted to People vs. Power Granted|The government gets its power from the people it governs and |The government gets its power from the people. The role of |
|to the Government |those people decide how the government should function. |the government is to protect the people and ensure their |
| | |safety. |
|Division of the Legislature |The legislature will be broken up into two bodies |The legislative branch will be called Congress and broken up |
| |(bicameral), the Assembly and the Senate. |into two houses (bicameral), the House of Representatives and|
| | |the Senate. |
|Religious Freedom |People have the right to practice religion freely and without|The government cannot take away a person’s right to worship |
| |persecution. |whatever religion they want. Freedom of religion is |
| | |protected and cannot be taken away. |
|Power of the State Government vs. Power |Nothing shall have power over the people of the state, no |The laws of the United States Constitution must be followed |
|of US Government |outside influence, no government, only the people of the |by everyone and that the Constitution is the supreme law of |
| |state. |the land. |
Turn the page for the next activity
Directions: Complete the reading to answer the questions that follow.
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Questions:
Explain the meaning of the title phrase, “The Ninth PILLAR erected!”
The 9th State to Ratify the Constitution.
What do the names on each pillar represent? Each of the 13 States
Why do you think pillars are used as a symbol in this drawing?
Pillars support structures. In this case they are symbolic of each state supporting the Constitution.
What message is this political cartoon trying to convey?
It is showing support for the U.S. Constitution and that more and more states are ratifying it.
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