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describe the goals of the articles of confederation
doc to unite the new nation and to officially create a new national gov
mercantilism
trade generates wealth for mother country
define the enlightenment and two of its key players and what they did
a period of advanced thinking. John Locke believed in life liberty and property, baron de montesquieu believed in sep of pwrs
what are problems with the articles of confederations
taxation, 9/13 had to agree, lacked connection with people, congress regulation of trade
what was montesquieu responsible for
sep of pwrs in gov
three branches of government
judicial, executive, legislative.
what are each responsible for?
judicial - create laws
executive - carry out the law
legislative - enforce laws
who is accredited for sep of pwrs in the branches of gov
baron de montesquieu
why can’t communism and capitalism coexist with each other?
the ideas contradict each other. in communism, everyone is equal. in capitalism, someone has to be above everyone.
was the articles of confederation a successful form of government?
no. it was shut down and replaced with the constitution.
what did anti-federalists want when creating the constitution
a bill of rights
how many houses are in Congress. what are they
- house n senate
what was shays rebellion
a riot to reform state government
how did shays rebellion display the turmpil state gov was in?
the rioting raised awareness to the problems regarding economics in state governments
how many senators are there?
2 in every state, 100 total.
what’s senate based on
equal representation
what’s house based on?
population
what did the “Great Compromise” decide for representation of American citizens in their government?
bicameral legislature which represents states through equal and population representation.
define “federalism”
a type of gov where all states operate under a central government
what are some factors of mercantlism
economic theory, trade, private ownership
king controls
no competition
mother country uses colonies to establish trade and control the economy
what are factors of capitalism
economic system, trade, private ownership
competitive
everyone has a role
people control
at the constitutional convention of 1787, the “Three-Fiths Compromise” and the “Great Compromise” dealt with the issue of?
representation in congress
compare n contrast thomas Jefferson and hamiliton
Jefferson - reb-demo, “common-man rule,” anti-federalist
hamiliton - federalist, strong central gov, federalism.
both wanted America to be a better place and freedom from britian
