Unit 1

I.    Different Types of Government

    A.    Monarchy            

            1.    Constitutional Monarchy

            2.    Absolute Monarchy

            3.    Monarchy Today

 

    B.    Anarchy

            1.    Definition

            2.    Anarchists

 

    C.    Socialism

            1.    Karl Marx

            2.    Economic System

            3.    Ideology

            4.    Nations with a Socialist System

 

    D.    Communism       

            1.    Economic System

            2.    Ideology

            3.    Lenin

            4.    Nations with a Communist System

 

    E.    Democracy                       

            1.    Beginnings

            2.    Ideology

            3.    Nations with Democracy

 

     F.    Fascism 

            1.    Ideology

            2.    Hitler and Mussolini

            3.    Nations with Fascists

 

II.    Origins of US Government

    A.    St. Augustine, Florida 1513

    B.    Nations to explore New World

    C.    Jamestown, Virginia 1607

    D.    English Influence

            1.    Magna Carta 1215

            2.    Petition of Rights 1628

            3.    English Bill of Rights 1689

 

III.    Colonial Government

     A.    13 Colonies

     B.     Charter Colonies

     C.    Royal Colonies

     D.    Proprietary Colonies

 

IV.    Problems with England

     A.    Crown Controlled

     B.    Distance

     C.    Early 1700s

     D.    King George III

     E.    Dissent in the colonies

 

V.    Colonial Unity

     A.    Massachusetts and Connecticut 1643

     B.    Albany Plan of Union

     C.    Stamp Act Congress

     D.    1st Continental Congress  

     E.    2nd Continental Congress

 

VI.    Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence

         A.    Committee of 5

    B.    July 4, 1776

    C.    Cost

    D.    State Constitutions

 

VII.    Critical Period

     A.    Articles of Confederation

     B.    Governmental Structure

     C.    Powers of Congress  

     D.    State obligations

     E.    Weaknesses

     F.    1780s

     G.    Mount Vernon and Annapolis