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Bias - Perspective Point of view = Media Bias — mass media- gatekeeper- watchdog- expose- A primary source Examples= A secondary source Examples= Compact: pilgrim: colony: preserve- Just and equal: Submission and obedience: fact- opinion- editorials- COMMON GOOD= collective conscience Sel...

Bias - Perspective Point of view = Media Bias — mass media- gatekeeper- watchdog- expose- A primary source Examples= A secondary source Examples= Compact: pilgrim: colony: preserve- Just and equal: Submission and obedience: fact- opinion- editorials- COMMON GOOD= collective conscience Self-government- What was the Mayflower Compact? Who wrote it? And why was it important? The Mayflower Compact “by these presents solemnly & mutually in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant, & combine ourselves together into a civil body politick; for ye our better ordering, & preservation & fur= therance of ye ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof, to enact, constitute, and frame such just & equal laws, ordinances, Acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye general good of ye colony: vnto which we promise all due submission and obedience.” - What was it? Where was it signed? ----------------------------------- What is in it? What did it say? Also- The Declaration of Independence- I will be adding that information as we do it in class Monday and Tuesday traitor unalienable endowed impel self-evident compel tyranny Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? When was the Declaration of Independence made official? July 4, 1776 Why was the Declaration of Independence written? According to the Declaration of Independence, what is the purpose of government? According to the Declaration of Independence, who gives the government its power? According to the Declaration of Independence, if the government is not doing it’s job, what should the people do? What does “all men are created equal” mean? What are 3 Unalienable rights? QUOTES short answer- explain the meaning “...combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, … enact,... just and equal laws,.. for the general good of the Colony,...” from the Mayflower Compact- “We hold these truths to be self-evident’ “All men are created equal” “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another” “They should declare the causes which impel them to the separation..” “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..” “For imposing taxes upon us without our consent..”