Ch 2 - Test Flashcards
why did the Annapolis Convention not work?
only five states showed up to the convention Madison and Hamilton set up
the group of 55 delegates sent to Philidelphia to create the new Constitution
the “framers”
key people not at the creating of the Constitution
Patrick Henry - “I smelt a rat” (feared the states would lose power)
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson - diplomats who were in Europe at the time
original purpose of the Philidelphia convention was to…
Revise the Constitution
Virginia Plan (by James Madison - “Father of our Constitution) features
1) 3 Branches
2) Bicameral Legislature
3) Representation based on 1) Population of state or 2) amount of $ the state gave the gov.
4) National Executive (1 president)
5) National and State Judiciary (several courts)
6) greatly increased powers of the central gov.- Unitary government
New Jersey Plan (by William Patterson) features
1) 3 Branches
2) Unicameral Legislature - representation: 1 vote per state
3) National Executive (3 Presidents)
4) National Judiciary (one single court)
5) very limited powers of the central gov./ shared with the states - Federal
Great Compromise (by Roger Sherman) features
1) Bicameral Legislature with representation based on population in the lower house and equal representation in the upper house
2) Executive (1 president)
3) National and State Judiciaries - Supreme and state courts
4) gave co-equal powers to central and state governments (Federal)
5) greatly increased the powers of the central gov.
the Three-fifths Compromise (should slaves be counted as population?) provisions
1) Slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person
2) South must pay three-fifths of a head tax
The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise (South feared that Congress would tax exports and stop the slave trade) provisions
1) Congress was forbidden from taxing exports
2) Congress could not stop the slave trade for 20 years
sources of the Constitution
1) Greece (democracy)
2) Rome (republic)
3) Great Britain
4) Judeo-Christian (morality)
official approval of the states
Ratify
who were in favor of the constitution? and who was against it?
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
major complaints of the anti-federalists led by Patrick Henry
1) the new constitution gave too much power to the central gov.
2) No Bill of Rights (rights of the people)
how many of the states had to ratify the Constitution to make it official
2/3 or 9 states
first state to ratify the constitution
Delaware
