Ch.2 Flashcards
First to ratify
Delaware
Last to ratify
NC& Rhode isl.
85 Articles
Reasons why we need new constitution
Albany Plan
Discuss problems in colonial trade & danger of attacks
Charter
Written grant
Rep gov.
Public policies are made
Commerce & slave trade
Congress can’t tax,slave trade stopped after 20 years
Philly convention
Assembly to revise Articles
Confederation
Joining of several groups
Magna Carta
Charter forced on monarchs to show their power is not absolute
Great compromise
Bicameral-rep. pop. in lower house,equal rep. in upper house 1 exec Equal representation National judicial Co equal central gov
Second continental congress
British gov. Still refuses to compromise-revolution
Major weaknesses of Articles
Congress can’t tax
Congress can’t regulate commerce
No executive branch
Only one vote
Sources of constitution
Greece
Rome
Great Britain
Jude’s Christian
Issue of contention
Whether slaves should be counted as citizens