question archive Week 1 Objectives: In Week 1, we will be introduced to the United States Constitution
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Week 1 Objectives: In Week 1, we will be introduced to the United States Constitution. We’ll consider the influence of early governing documents and Enlightenment Era philosophy on the development of the Constitution, and we’ll discuss the why the American system of government was designed as a federal republic based on the principles of representative democracy.
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DISCUSSION RULES
Post a total of three substantive responses each week. A substantive reply is:
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DISCUSSION TOPICS & QUESTIONS
Choose one topic for your initial main post and then select a different topic for your reply message to a classmate. Your reply to one of my posts can be on any topic (so my response to your initial post or my response to any other classmates' initial post).
Topic One: Influences on the US Constitution: Three primary documents that were early influencers of the U.S. Constitution are: the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact. The primary philosophical thinkers who were early influencers of the U.S. Constitution are: Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Charles Louis Montesquieu, as well as the Founder’s contemporary, the British legal scholar William Blackstone. After reviewing the readings on this topic in the Week 1 Learning Activities Folder, consider the following:
Topic Two: Making the U.S. Constitution: During the Revolutionary War, the states agreed to the Articles of Confederation to provide for national issues in relation to the War. Otherwise, after the War, the United States was a country of 13 autonomous states, without a national government. The U.S. Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation. Its main purpose was to form a national government, and it was designed to spread power amongst the three branches of government, and between the central government and the state governments. After reviewing the readings on this topic in the Week 1 Learning Activities folder, consider the following: