Foundational Documents 😩 Flashcards
Declaration of Independence [4]
*July 4th, 1776
*2nd Continental Congress (T. Jefferson)
1) Formally declare independent
2) Justification
3) Popular Sovereignty
4) Grievances
Articles of Confederation [7]
*March 1, 1781
*2nd Continental Congress
1) Established gov
2) First constitution
3) State power
4) Unicameral Congress - State ppl
5) Couldn’t tax
6) Couldn’t regulate commerce
7) No executive power
US Constitution [6]
*September 13, 1788
*Constitutional Convention
1) Replaced Articles of Confed
2) Structures & Powers of fed gov
3) More power to gov
4) bicameral
5) limits of gov (woo woo)
6) Anti-federalists = bill of right
Brutus 1 [3]
*October 18, 1787
*Robert Yates
1) Feared now gov would be too powerful
2) constitution made states subordinate
3) U.S too big for one gov
Fed 10 [4]
*November 22, 1787
*Publius (James Madison)
1) Factions are dangerous to democracy
2) Impossible to remove factions
3) but! protect minorities
4) Large republic is better than small bc it dilutes factions
Fed 51 [4]
*February 6, 1788
*Publius (James Madison)
1) Separation of powers / checks & balances
2) Each branch will have checks
3) Bicameral congress good for power split
4) Veto
Fed 70 [2]
*March 15, 1788
*Alexander Hamilton
1) Single, energetic executive
~this sounds like a dating bio
2) Multiple executives would lead to conflict
Fed 78 [3]
*June 14, 1788
*no idea bro it doesn’t say
1) judges/justices w/ lifetime terms is better for insulation
2) Judiciary is least threatening
- Lots of checks on it
3) Allows them to put the constitution first
Letter from Birmingham Jail
*April 16, 1963
*Martin Luther King Jr.
1) Explains / Justifies actions
2) Advocates for non-violent action
3) Everyone is effected = everyone must act
4) Can’t wait
5) Civil disobedience of unjust laws
6) Not agitating but reacting
