Chapter 4 Flashcards
Forerunner to the Constitution
Mayflower Compact
First National Constitution
Articles of Confederation
A success of the AOC, set boundaries for states in the midwest
Land Ordinance of 1785
all new states are equal
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
critical period in the United states, farmers rebelled against the banks
Shays’ Rebellion
The decision to tear up the Articles of Confederation and start from scratch
Great Decision
Plan by James Madison to establish a bicameral legistlature
Virginia Plan
Connecticut Compromise
States that 3/5 of a state’s slave population would be counted
Three Fifths Compromise
Allowed congress to regulate foreign trad with native Americans but they couldn’t levy taxes
Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
Relationship between states and national government
federalism
Political Power is divided among 3 political institutions
separation of powers
A system where each branch has power over each other
checks and balances
where the constitution was adopted
Independence Hall
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
James Madison
Gouverneur Morris
Charles De Montesquieu
The documents that laid the foundation for many state constitutions
The Articles of Confederation
The body that served as the national government for the war of independence
The Second Continental Government
Accomplices of the national government under the Articles of Confederation
Concluded th treaty of paris, laid the basis for national unity
Three Weaknesses of the articles of confederation
9/13 Had to approve any measure before it could be passed by congress
The articles only had one branch of government (legislative)
The articles did not grant congress the power to tax
Locations of the two preliminary meetings that led to the Constitutional Convention
Mount Vernon, Virginia
When the Constitutional Convention was held
Philidelphia
Number of men who signed the constitution
55
the purpose and writers of the Federalist Papers
To explain the purpose of the Constitution and to defend it. Hamilton, Jay, and Madison
thee words thst describe Madison’s Political thought
Constitutionalism, Republicanism, and federalism
the branches of government established by the Constitution and explain the purpose of each
The executive enforces laws, the Legislative makes laws, and the Judicial Interprets laws
The form of government all states in the union have according to Article IV
The Federal Government
