Three Branches of Government.

The Three Branches of Government:

 There are many parts to our government today.

We have 3 parts actually, they are the Legislative, Executive, and the Judicial.

 

Legislative Branch -
is the law making part of the government. There are some restrictions to being elected for this part of government. For the Senate you must be 30 years old, be a citizen for nine (9) years, and is considered the " Upper House." You can only serve six (6) year terms. For the House, you must be 25 years old, be an American citizen for seven (7) years, and you can only serve two (2) year terms. It is often considered the " Lower House. " This branch of government has 100 senators, two for each state, and 435 Representatives total.




Representative of Delaware - John Carney - John Carney Website  

   
 
 

The Executive Branch is the part of the government that "executes" (carries out) the laws. There is actually more to this branch than I thought. It contains over more than 400 people and the most important are President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. The branch also houses the cabinet. The cabinet is made up of 15 heads of departments. This is where the many people come from because it contains 15 very important departments including the Food Drug Administration. To be elected into this branch you have to have good background history including a natural born American citizen.

 

 

 

 

 

The Judicial Branch is the part of the
government, consisting of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts, that interprets the laws. There are actually nine (9) people in the judicial branch at the moment. The lowest that the Judicial Branch has ever had is six (6) members. The current people are:

1. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
2. Associate Justice Antonin Gregorian Scalia
3. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
4. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
5. Associate Justice Samuel Anthony Alito
6. Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. Associate Justice Stephen Breyer
8. Associate Justice Elena Kagan
9. Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy

What the Judicial Branch does is judge. They are given more than 1,000 cases to look at and determine the outcome each year but they only take about 100. The thing is that it's not just normal court cases, these are civil cases that are very important to the future of the United States. That's basically how it functions, the court made up of nine justices take in civil cases and do their best to solve them. How the justices are elected is by Obama recommending them. From there they are either rejected or accepted. Delaware Justices

Credit To:

• http://americanvoice.com/listmembersofthesupremecourt.aspx
• http://www.judicialselection.us/
• http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch
• https://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi&ei=IlmyUuK6EaiqsASaxYGYAw&ved=0CAQQqi4oAg
• http://johncarney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18&Itemid=7
• History Alive! Book

Speech

Karime Balderas- Ortega

December 9th, 2013

Chapter 8 Essay - Speech -

There are many problems with the nation we have today men! There are slaves, counted as property by some! There are states scared to take the first step towards a decent democracy, afraid that the bigger states will have more power! We have the Tax issue that started from King George III! We need to do something people! Something that changes the way of  leadership without starting another war, and for all of it to be kept a secret.

Today, May 25th, 1787, I stand before you all, together we will try to create a new nation, one based on not money, but equality. We will try to help slaves be counted as a person and not as property! We will succeed, even if it take a few fails, we have Benjamin Franklin, one of the wisest. Not all of us agree with one another but we’ll hear every word you say, every point you have! We will find a way to represent the states equally, and not have one with all the power.

We shall focus on the fact that states don’t have representation! States such as North Carolina and Rhode Island are afraid of being part of creating a new nation! They became hesitant when it came to signing the constitution. They didn’t want change afraid that the change would actually have a worse result. We shall find a way to get every agreement as we possibly can men! We are created equal!

Men, we came together to create a better future for those generations ahead of us. We  want a better place for our children to be raised, for us to grow old, and to have freedom. We discuss everything that needs discussing but we will do it in secret, nothing must be leaked to the press or to the non-delegates.  Please men, in your hands lie the future of thousands of people.

Chapter 6 - Essay

Karime Balderas-Ortega

November 15th, 2013

Core 4

Chapter 6 Essay

Declaration Of Independence

The Patriots took their lives in their hands by signing the Declaration of Independence. Would you have signed it? Why or why not? Establish your opinion then support it with three reasons in essay form.

Patriots, also known as Delegates, took their life into their own hands in July 4th, 1776. They had the courage to sign the Declaration of Independence, the most risky document of the time. What the document did and said was very important. It basically told Britain to leave them alone, that the US colonies would become Independent. Very little did the colonies know that the Declaration actually would start a war. But it also made the colonies Tax Free, have Freedom, and Independence.

One thing that the Colonists hated the most about Britain is the taxes they were forced to pay. Taxes on every thing was a little bit over board so with the Declaration it ended any control of Britain over the colonies.  In the 1763's the taxes were harsh but in 1775 they weren't as bad, they were controlled. Who wouldn't want to the horrible taxes to end completely?

Independence was another thing that was on everyone's mind. The colonists no longer wanted someone to keep ruling over them, they had enough of that with King George III. The freedom part of the Declaration of Independence was specifically put in by Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the Declaration. Benjamin Franklin and John Adam's both agreed with Thomas.

The meaning of freedom is "the power to determine action without restraint. " Well with the Declaration slaves would also be free and this was a concerning issue. Without the slave trade the colonies would have to do work for themselves and lose money. The delegates didn't like this much and it actually got taken out of the Declaration. In Thomas's writing it blamed King George for the start of slavery and most thought it was unfair.  

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence he had in mind the riot it would cause. He didn't know how big it would be but he knew something would happen. Benjamin Franklin and John Adam's knew that they were getting into the same thing when they edited the important document. But did they know the threating war it would bring?

As the Delegates signed it they also knew that there would be trouble. If I myself was a delegate at the time I wouldn't have a doubt in my mind. Not for the fame, but because it changed the colonies for the better. They did have to go through a lot to get to the point where they wanted to become independent but it would've came sooner or later.

Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell, 

Philadelphia

When someone says the words "Liberty Bell" we often think back to 1st grade or our elementary years. We didn't have much care about it because we didn't understand what it meant to us, we only knew that it was a bell with a crack. Today we understand much more then we did when we were at age 3. We know that the Liberty Bell  is very important to us and it's a sign that we suppressed slavery. We also know that the liberty bell is found at:

 Independence National Historical Park
143 South Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106.

But there are still many things we don't know.

One thing that the average American doesn't know is that the liberty bell was repaired twice, meaning that it cracked two times before the workmen just left the crack. The first two repairs were done by John Stow and John Pass, their names are actually on the liberty bell today. They worked hands on with the Liberty Bell since they were local workmen.

Shows Liberty Bell being moved from truck to train.

Another thing that most Americans don't know is what the Liberty Bell is made of or how much it weighs. On Liberty Bell Center it says that, " The bell weighs about 2000 pounds. It is made of 70% copper, 25% tin, and small amounts of lead, zinc, arsenic, gold, and silver. " It is also said that it hangs from the original post. Considering the weight, and how much amount of history it has, the bell is very interesting.

I found a very interesting website. The website address is US History - Liberty Bell and had a lot of good information on the liberty bell. It contains quotes of what people thought of the Liberty Bell since the 1758's. It does confirm all the things that the first website said and it also has this little fun quiz.

QUIZ! This is just the quiz that covers basic things that were mentioned. The only thing I didn't mention was the writing on the bell. The writing on the bell is actually a bible verse that talks about freedom. You may and go see the bell yourself if wanted to at:
Independence National Historical Park
143 South Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106.
It's free of charge, the only thing you do need is a ticket.

The Liberty Bell is perfect even with the flaws and misspellings. On the Bell, the word Pennsylvania is spelled wrong. That's the only thing that's really flawed on it, other than that It's fine. I hope to experience a great time being so close to it.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gqztx3bDNZnPMYeTfDIn_lBEceYlTyKLQu4YkRzZRJA/edit#slide=id.p

Chapter 5 Essay

Karime Balderas-Ortega

October 28th, 2013

Core 4 

Chapter 5 Essay

The Patriots fought hard taking the colony toward independence. What basic beliefs drove them to do this? Fundamentally, why did they organize and fight the British? Name three reasons and explain each in paragraph form with an introduction, body, and conclusion.   

What would the world be like if we were controlled by a king and not a president? Would it be better or worse? What if we were not controlled at all and it was every man for themselves? Would that increase the rate in war? Or do just the opposite? What about land, who would determine who got what? What about money? The world that colonist lived before 1763 could be exactly what America needs today, a sort of "perfect" world.

If you were living in America before the 1763's then it was probably the best time. Everyone was settled in and everything was figured out. The thing is what happed after that. War broke out with the Colonists Vs. The British or better known as the French Indian war. The war happened because the colonies wanted to make themselves bigger. For them to move more into the mountains. The problem was that the land was already claimed by the French and British. This was one very reasonable belief, they wanted to expand themselves. After the seven long years of the war, British ended up getting Canada and having more people to lead.

Having more people to lead also means having more expenses. The expenses lead to many horrible acts, including the stamp act. The stamp act made the colonists buy a stamp for every paper they bought. This was scene as a way to increase the taxes. The colonies wouldn't have it though. They put up a riot and had the Stamp Act canceled but that wasn't the end of it. Many more acts came after the stamp act because the colonists believed that they already had enough taxes. They just wouldn't pay for more, but the British didn't stop there.

After the Tea Act, the British were infuriated. They lost all the money they had to recover and in order to take their anger out, they mistreated colonists. This was called the Intolerable Acts. Before that was The Townshend Acts, The Quartering Acts, and the Boston Massacre. In all the acts the colonists had to do something the British wanted. After a while, they got mad at all the tranny. Tranny is the unjust use of government power. A ruler who uses power in this way is called a tyrant. In this case the Tyrants were all the different governors of Britain, or the Act starters.

There are many reasons why the colonists decided to fight Britain, including to much tax and wanting to expand themselves. But the main reason was that Britain had Tyranny written all over them. They knew they had power and they used it to their advantage. Even though in the end the colonists did end up beating the British, they had to go through some rough times.