Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 3, Lesson 1: Roots of Government (pp. 82-87)
I. Visions of a New Government
B. English tradition had given American colonists a respect for government based on legal documents.
C. As Americans prepared to set up their own government they wanted a single document that would outline their rights.
II. One Nation United
B. Under the Articles of Confederation, each state had equal power in Congress, there was no national executive and no national court system.
C. The Articles were not passed until all states gave up claims to western lands.
B. All the new state governments had elected legislatures which were usually more powerful than the state governors.
C. The early state governments helped Americans learn more about the workings of republicanism.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. The Enlightenment was a philosophical movement that greatly influenced Americans setting up a new government.
A. The first written plan for government of the United States was the Articles of Confederation.
III. Emergence of State Governments
A. Along with helping to create a new national government, each state also had to set up its own new government.
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