The colonial leaders organized a convention to establish new rules for governing the order to do this, they studied the political systems of ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Both ancient
civilizations had a form of democracy where citizens had a voice as to how their nations would be run.
During the 1700s, many of the countries that the American citizens immigrated from were run by
monarchies or the wealthy elite. Citizens had no rights. The United States government had to be
organized in a way in which the government did not have too much power and citizens would have rights to
protect themselves.
Common Core Standard RII Cite Textual Evidence Common Core Standard R1.6 Author's Viewpoint & Purpose
1. What did the leaders do before they created new laws? 2. What is the author's purpose for writing this?
a. They researched the laws of other nations.
a. To inform the reader about how laws in the United States
b. They modeled the country after monarchies.
were developed
c. They organized government power.
b. To persuade readers to investigate democratic systems
c. To describe the steps that have to be taken in order to
reorganize a government system

Read the passage from animal farm. "that was part of the arrangement! " cried squealer. "jones's shot only grazed him. i could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. the plot was for snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. and he very nearly succeeded—i will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, comrade napoleon. do you not remember how, just at the moment when jones and his men had got inside the yard, snowball suddenly turned and fled, and many animals followed him? and do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that comrade napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'death to humanity! ' and sank his teeth in jones's leg? surely you remember that, comrades? " exclaimed squealer, frisking from side to side. now when squealer described the scene so graphically, it seemed to the animals that they did remember it. at any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle snowball had turned to flee. but boxer was still a little uneasy. how does the characterization of squealer support the author’s purpose? squealer's dramatic accusations draw parallels between him and stalin’s propagandists. squealer's uncertainty shows that he is not a reliable ally of napoleon and is ineffective with messaging. squealer's ability to get the animals to listen to him shows that any animal can rise to be a leader in time. squealer's humble interactions with the animals reflect the importance of equality and cooperation.