Chapter 21 Flashcards
(Pg 29/1) Dickinson stated
“Liberty is the sun of society, and rights are its beams”
(Pg 29/1) general cotesworth pinckney stated that “bills of rights generally begin with declaring that all men by nature are born free. Now, we should make that declaration with a very bad grace, when
A large part of our property consists in men who are actually born slaves”
(Pg 29/1) “the framers looked upon the constitution as a
Bill of rights in itself; all its provisions were for a free people and a people responsible”
(Pg 29/1) Morris wanted to remove the second use of
Punish in section 8 of article 1 and the delegates voted for his motion
(Pg 29/1) Randolph suggested that amendments to the constitution be made by
State conventions which would then be submitted to and decided on by another general convention. Mason agreed
(Pg 29/1) Pinckney stated that doing so (what Randolph suggested) would result in
Confusion and contrariety
(Pg 29/1) the states voted — to a second convention and aye to agreed to the constitution “as
No, as amended”
(Pg 29/1) the constitution was ordered to be
Produced in its final form
(Pg 29/1) in wilsons perspective the new constitution was
Municipal law
