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IN:
Read: “Let’s Fix This
Thing” and explain the
solution to the problem
with the articles.
IN:
Read: “Let’s Fix This
Thing” and explain the
solution to the problem
with the articles.
OUT:
Draw a Venn diagram to
compare and contrast
the Articles with the
Constitution.
WANTED: A Just Right Government
British Rule
What were the effects of British Rule?
Cause: The British government
treated the American colonist
harshly
Effect: Many American Colonist
feared a powerful government.
Cause: Many former colonists
Effect: The new Americans
feared losing their freedom to a made sure their new
new government.
government could not take
away states’ freedom and
independence.
Cause: The British government Effect: The new Americans
taxed the American Colonists
made sure their new
unfairly.
government did not have the
power to collect taxes.
Articles of Confederation
What problems did the Articles of Confederation lead to?
Cause: The government under the
Articles of Confederation could not
collect taxes to raise money.
Causes: The legislature created by
the Articles of Confederation gave
equal power to large and small
states.
Effect: The government could not
pay its debts from the Revolutionary
War, and America lost standing with
other nations.
Effect: Large states were unhappy
because, with bigger populations,
they thought they should have more
power.
Cause: The Articles of Confederation Effect: When a problem arose
did not create any courts.
between states, there was nowhere
to settle the dispute.
The Constitution
What problems did the new constitution solve?
Cause: Small and large states could
not agree on how power should be
divided in the legislature.
Effect: The new Constitution split the
legislature so states had equal power
in one half and power based on
population in the other.
Cause: States could and did ignore
laws passed by the Congress created
by the Articles of Confederation.
Effect: The new Constitution said laws
passed by Congress are superior to
state laws.
Cause: Independent states made laws Effect: The new Constitution required
that penalized out-of-state businesses states to treat citizens of other states
and citizens.
the same as they treat their own
citizens.
Meet the
Super
Villain…
Argos
There is good, there is bad and there is science. What
would happen if you could make a superhero comic book
character but the only catch is you have to base it on an
element? When I was given this task I wanted to create the
best hero/villain I could possibly make based around the
element of Argon. Thus Argos was born.
Argos
William was once a normal person. He used to be one of
the leading chemists in the world. One day while doing an
experiment with liquid Argon, the nature of the experiment
is unknown but the record shows that he fell into a vat of
liquid Argon. Trying to get out he took hold of an electricity
current rod they were using in the tests, this provided no
hold and he fell back in with the rod, this caused the Argon
to become excited and began glowing with a powerful
violet glow. Several minutes later a figure rose from the
vat. This entity was a see through humanoid gas with
glowing purple organs and veins. As it moved it slowly grew
back its muscles and tissues until there was a radiant,
purple, violent William.
He just stood there levitating in place without saying a
word. After a couple seconds he reached for his partner,
released a powerful blue-green laser beam that left his
partner as nothing. This caused William to go on a shock
trauma induced rampage. He made several quick
movements that caused lights to explode and release a
dangerous amount of Argon gas that he seemingly
controlled to suffocate the rest of the staff in the Lab.
William was unstoppable and continued his killing spree
out in the outside world. He was an incredible force that
was killing everyone in sight until the hero known as seveN
appeared and began to fight William. After several hours of
disastrous fighting he was eventually brought down by
seveN and a team of army officers.
They were able to achieve this when seveN temporarily
froze William with a blast of liquid nitrogen. With him
frozen the soldiers began to bombard him with Tasers and
mercury tipped plastic bullets, this caused some sort of
reaction that caused William to glow a bright, electric blue
and caused him to break out of the ice, but he collapsed
blacking out. They then transported him to a closed, air
free cell deep in the deserts of New Mexico. He was given
the codename Argos by the popular public as he was
releasing Argon gas to kill thousands by way of suffocation
and using many powers that resembled uses of Argon.
Argos is confined within a secret high security prison in an
unknown location within the state of New Mexico, he
arrived after going on a genocidal rampage after having a
traumatizing accident with a vat of liquid Argon, this was
the origin of his powers and also left him with insanity due
to trauma. He has only said one sentence since waking up,
“seveN will die.” He possesses the following powers:
transportation by turning into a concentrated glowing
purple gas that can move freely or move through lights,
control of electric light, control of the composition of
metals, absolute control of any form of the element Argon,
can emit concentrated Argon gas, can absorb radioactive
compounds and use them to his advantage, concentrated
laser beam and a incredibly high intellectual level.
He is seemingly invulnerable to everything except the
combination of mercury and electricity; this causes him
pain until he becomes unconscious. He wears a lower body
suit that resembles that of a wetsuit, it is black with purple
highlights. This “pants” were given to him upon arriving to
the prison.
This character was based off the element of Argon. The
element was discovered by Sir William Ramsay in Scotland
around 1894. The word Argon comes from the Greek word
Argos which means inactive. It was named this because it
has eight valence electrons, because of this it is a very nonreactive element that doesn’t combine easily with others.
Argon is also the most common isotope in the atmosphere
because it is a direct byproduct of decaying potassium in
the Earth’s crust. Even though it is the most common
isotope it is still a very small part of the atmosphere if it
were in abundance the density of the Argon gas would
suffocate all living beings on the planet. Argon is also used
in the industrial world in electric light bulbs, fluorescent
tubes and lasers.
Introduce the
super
hero/villain…
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Element Information
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