Chapter 4 Flashcards
(Pg 7/3) May 30th…
Washington stepped down from the chair and Nathaniel Gorham took his place
(Pg 8/4) mace:
Symbol of royal authority
(Pg 8/4) as long as the mace was out of sight…
Votes were counted only as a test, a trial of opinion
(Pg 8/4) May 30tg debate began with
Randolphs suggestion of revising the first three resolves of his plan
(Pg 8/4) Randolph proposed a
National government with a national supreme legislative, executive, and judicial
(Pg 8/4) Eldridge Gerry suggested the
Establishment of a federal legislative judiciary and executive
(Pg 8/4) governor Morris
“Most brilliant man of the convention” desired strong central government; devoted to a republican government
(Pg 8/4) the colonies had been of three kinds
Royal provincial
Proprietary
Corporate
(Pg 8/4) according to Madison, a federal government…
“Operates on stars, a national government directly on individuals”
(Pg 8/4) James Wilson saw the problem of the convention
“Was this government, he asked, to be over men or imaginary beings called states?”
(Pg 8/4) individuals, not states, were…
“The object of governmental care.”
(Pg 8/4) democracy signified
Monarchy
(Pg 8/4) “the democratic spirit beats high”
Meant in derogation not praise
(Pg 8/4) mason
Part author of Virginia constitution and drafter of Virginia bill of rights
(Pg 8/4) resolve 3’
National legislature consisting of two branches
Passed
