| Today's Warm-Up Question: Theorize why the founding fathers felt that it was important to divide power between the state and federal government. (Come up with two possible theories) Today's Learning Objective: Students will learn about the early attempts at government at their weaknesses leading to revision by engaging in a discussion and notes about the Articles of Confederation and the subsequent Constitutional Convention, and watching an informational youtube clip while answering critical thinking questions. |  |
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26 Comments
Miles Lyons
8/31/2016 07:40:15 am
Because the foundinf fathers recognized that England has and was having at the time lots of war over religion. Especially with Catholic France.
Anna
8/31/2016 07:43:15 am
So then the state could have some freedom and the government couldn't rule everything
Sheldon
8/31/2016 07:43:23 am
Each state requires different care due to the certain people that live there. (Farmers, business men). Too much power for one person. 8/31/2016 07:43:30 am
So that issues would be recognized and considered on all levels.
kez
8/31/2016 07:44:55 am
First off, running a country is a freaking huge amount of work and with one as big as they could tell America might end up to be it would be ridiculous to expect to be able to govern it all from one place. It goes back to Common Sense (and just common sense) and the idea that it takes months to correspond with England and would still take ages to correspond with the other colonies in that time. It's impractical
Jordan
8/31/2016 07:46:32 am
So the government doesn't have complete control over everything and too much power and each state has an opportunity to make their own decisions.
Sydney Rosemann
8/31/2016 07:47:47 am
Our founding fathers wanted a government that did not allow one person to have too much authority or control. They also wanted government to be controlled by one small group.
Miguel
8/31/2016 07:48:35 am
I think that the founding fathers divided power between the state and federal government because they still felt that each state wanted different things. Also, the founding fathers could have believed that having no state governments could have been chaotic since the states would want to do their own thing.
Jenna
8/31/2016 07:48:44 am
Dividing power was important to make sure the government wasn't left in charge of everything
Madison
8/31/2016 07:53:14 am
So the government didn't have all the power.
Ashley
8/31/2016 11:52:24 am
It would limit the governments power. and the people would get a voice in things.
Paxton
8/31/2016 11:56:37 am
So government didn't have complete control
Trevor Lewis
8/31/2016 11:59:26 am
1) they realized that that was the problem with England
Nikayla
8/31/2016 11:59:30 am
They thought it would be good because higher up people would not be able to use to much power and everyone could have a say in the government.
Leinen
8/31/2016 12:00:36 pm
So one branch doesn't have all of the power. So we can have different opinions.
Gomez
8/31/2016 12:05:44 pm
The founding fathers felt that it'd be important to divide the power between the state and federal government because they government didn't want just one group of people have complete power over everything and another reason could be that it could be beneficial to have different levels of power.
Emily Madden
9/1/2016 11:49:28 am
It's important so then the government doesn't have all the power and they can't make all of the decisions with out talking to other people to confirm the decision and that there are more options and ideas for something new
Kaeleah Russell
9/1/2016 11:51:25 am
So that the government wouldn't have all the power, and also splitting power between the state.
Makayla manna
9/1/2016 11:53:25 am
So that the power was split
Kirsten
9/1/2016 11:53:38 am
Maybe the founding fathers were very aware that the problems in England were due to an over controlling government. Also, if the states are represented by their own elected official, they can take their opinions to the federal government and have fair representation of a lot of people
Rachel Loerch
9/1/2016 11:53:41 am
-to not make the same mistake as Great Britain and give to much power to the main government
Hannah
9/1/2016 11:54:28 am
They wanted to be able to have more people to make decisions. Two minds is better than one and having states kind of have their own rules as long as they follow big main rules. Helps keep things in order but also accustomed to different areas
Riley
9/1/2016 11:54:47 am
So that the government doesn't have all the power and each state can have opinions and laws that fit their state.
Williss
9/1/2016 11:56:07 am
The country is too large to be ruled solely by one person or group. Giving states individual power helps tailor the decision making to the interests of the people because culture and values vary in different regions of the US
Homstad
9/1/2016 11:56:10 am
that it divides up power so that it's more fair and nobody gets too much power
Kaeleah Russell
9/6/2016 11:53:08 am
So the government wouldn't have complete control and wouldn't rule over everyone's independence. Leave a Reply. |
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