Constitution Flashcards
Land ordinance of 1785
government’s sale of the land west of the Appalachians, east of the Mississippi, and north of the Ohio River. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the ordinance, created it in the hopes that the land would be divided into ten states.
Northwest ordinance 1787
Congress would appoint a territorial governor and judges.
When a territory had 5,000 voting residents, the settlers could write a temporary constitution and elect their own government.
When the total population of a territory reached 60,000 free inhabitants, the settlers could write a state constitution, which had to be approved by Congress before it granted statehood.
Republic
Form of government where people elect their representatives to rule their country
Shays rebellion
Marched to Springfield to destroy it because bags for closed Daniel Shays have them. He was angry because he for the war for independence.
Great compromise
A plan issued by Roger Sherman, it said that States would have representation based on their population in the house of representatives. Each state will have two senators to be in the Senate no matter what the size of the state is
Electoral college
body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president.
Roger Sherman
Helped draft the great compromise
Federalist
Agree with constitution
Anti federalist
Against the constitution
Bill of rights
List of rights that every adult in the United States that is listed as a citizen has
James Madison
Founding father in the leading federalist
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of treasury credit with assumption of state debt
Federalist papers
Series of essays convincing the anti-federalist why they need to go with the constitution
Ratifications
Official approval
Weaknesses of the articles of confederation
Nine out of the 13 colonies must agree to pass a law, no president, cannot make treaties or declare war, cannot raise taxes, no cooler, 100% vote to amend an article,One state equals one vote, and there was no tax collect
How does checks and balances system function
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What major compromises were made at the constitutional convention? What issues did they settle? What issues remained unsettled? How did the federalists of the constitution convince the anti-federalist to ratify it? What amendments were added and why?
The great compromise solve the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan. This satisfied the Virginia plan by having more representation by the amount of people you had in your state. The satisfy the New Jersey plan because every state had two senators no matter what the population. The 3/5 compromise was also settled by having 3/5 of the states population of slaves count towards the population. And executive branch form of taxation and judicial parts were settled. Slavery however was still unsettled because the Constitution did not mention it at all. It was something that people imagined would fade over time. The federalists convince the anti-federalist to go with the constitution by writing them the Federalist papers. These essays a clue did why a strong central government would work over the articles of confederation. Three of the Bill of Rights amendments were the five freedoms (speech religion press), The right to bear arms, protection against search and seizure
3/5 compromise
3/5 of the slaves in each state counted towards their population
