government chapter 2 Flashcards
the 3 basic concepts of government
- ordered government
- limited government
- representatives
3 important documents that led to the american freedom
Magna carta
petition of right
english bull of rights
3 types of colonial government
- royal
- proprietary
- charter
Major weakness:
The central government had…
- no power to tax
- no power to regulate law
- no power to enforce laws
- no executive or judicial branches
- amendments
revolt against land/home foreclosures! led to violence!
shays rebellion
why we’re the articles of confederation a failure?
central government had too little power
who’s idea was it to create a new constitution
James Mason
group of delegates sent to philadelphia
framers
key people we’re not at the creation of the new constitution
Patrick Henry- “smelt a rat”
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson -diplomats in europe
original purpose of philadelphia convention was to…
revise the articles of confederation
sources of the constitution
- greece
- rome
- great britain
- judeo-christian
George washington was the only US president to…
be elected unanimously
run unopposed
not belong to a political party
who was the first vise president
john adams
