CONSTITUTION Flashcards
Articles of CONFEDERATION
Lasted 10 years
One house - body od delegates with each state having a single vote, who actively could make choices on issues that affected all states
Any choice needed 9 of 13 congressional votes, no choice could ever be made
congress limited, 2/3
The government could declare war
coin money, taxes left the states
Articles could be amended, but that required a unanimous vote .zero were passed
fearing tyrannical government
Articles of CONFEDERATION
WON THE WAR
Developed rules for dealing with Ohio, taking the land from the indians and articles were empowered to make treaties - set up 5 new states between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers - OHIO ORDINANCE OF 1787
American Indians had a claim to the land and had to be treated better
ordinance outlawed slavery in all five of the new states - could not collect taxes
SHAYS REBELLION
Government and the individual states are in debt to pay for war - revenue was trafficked, congress couldn’t impose them, states and do this alone - a nightmare for trade\
1786 - 87 - Massachusetts that farmers rose up and closed courts to prevent their debt
war veteran and farmer SHAYYYY
TOO MUCH DEMOCRATIC LIBERTY WITHIN THE LOWER CLASS COULD THREATEN PRIVATE POVERTY
CONSTITUTION
REPRESENTATIVE
Executive, legislative, and judiciary
CONVENTION IN PHILADEPHIA - conflict
Larger states supported , madisons plan for tow house legislature with representation in both proportional to a state’s population
new jersey plan - fear that the rich would dominate
single legislative house with equal
GREAT COMPROMISE - SHERMAN
representation for each state
house of the representative with representation proportional to each states population and a senate with two members of each state
House designed to be responsive to the people
senate never would pass anything
REPRESENTATION WHO????
Slaveholding states wanted slaves to count but they could not vote and were property
3/5ths compromise - total number of white people plus 3/5ths population of other persons
slaves couldn’t escape slavery
