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A series of 85 essays, asking the citizens of the state of NY to ratify the new US Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote them between 1787 and 1788 under the pen name “Publius”
Federalist papers
An organization that consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or l
confederation
A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without trial.
– Constitution Article I, Section 9, paragraph 3 provides that: “No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed.”
Bill of Attainder
: A law created retroactively, usually after a crime has been committ
Ex post Facto La
: Evidence of a crime to keep someone in detention (“Produce the Body
Habeas Corpus
: The power for a president, governor, or elective to reject INDIVIDUAL provisions
of a bill.
Line-item veto:
e: (garbage) 538 electors, 435 representatives, 100 senators, 3 electors, an indirect system of electors who cast votes per state. The candidate who wins the majority of votes from the general populous wins the votes in the electoral college. 270 to win presiden
electoral college
proposed a legislative branch consisting of two chambers (bicameral legislature), with the dual principles of rotation in office and recall applied to the lower house of the national legislature. Population-based representation, the House chooses Senators, 3 branches, the legislature chooses the president. National government could veto state actions, executive can veto legislative, judicial branch serves life terms.
Virginia Plan
: proposed a single-chamber legislature in which each state, regardless of size, would have one vote, as under the Articles of Confederation. Equal representation in states, federal, executive consisting of many peoples. Established supreme tribunal.
New Jersey Plan
e): retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation of the states in the lower house (House of Representatives), but required the upper house (The Senate) to be weighted equally between the states. Each state would have two representatives in the upper house.
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromi
: A series of protests by American Farmers between 1786 and 1787 which targeted state and local enforcement of tax collections. The leader was Massachusetts’ Daniel Shays, who was previously a captain in the Continental army. The 4,000 farmers were not able to pay these high taxes, so the farmers unsuccessfully attempted to steal the stockpiled arms at the Springfield Armo
Shay’s rebellion
: 1777-1781 These served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the US after the Declaration of Independ
Articles of confederation
Rights that people have that cannot be taken away. The Declaration of Independence states them as “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happines
natural rights
The process by which the House of Representatives makes impeachment charges, which the Senate would investigate and vote on. Charges of impeachment are brought against a presiden
impeachment
During census, only white people were counted, which gave the most power to the northern states when proportional representation in the House of Representatives was enacted. This compromise designated that only 3 of every 5 slaves would be counted as citizens during census, so the South would have more power.
3/5th s
