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1
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The constitution is grounded in the concept of…

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Natural rights

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English political theorist

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John Locke

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What does John Locke say?

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Natural rights are inalienable

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What does protecting natural rights require?

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Limited government and the consent of the governed

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What do the framers believe in?

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Using human reason to uncover the laws of nature

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When was the enlightenment ?

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1740-1820

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According to the Framers, the ______ are created by______. Any…..

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Laws of nature
God
Government that does not align with the laws of nature is contrary to the will of God

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What form of government aligns with the laws of nature?

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Democracy

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Why did the framers create a republic?

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They did not believe in the “mob rule” they associated with pure democracy

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Who are the framers?

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Enlightenment rationalists

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How did the Framers regard a republic?

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As a self-governed polity in which society’s “natural leaders” are chosen to represent the interests of all

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Two main features of the constitution revealing the framers’ wariness towards democracy

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1) the electoral college

2) indirect selection of senators

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13
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How did the constitution grow?

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Out of the failure of the Articles of Confederation

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Why did the Articles fail?

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The national government could not…

1) collect taxes
2) regulate trade
3) organize a military

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Following Shay’s Rebellion in 1786…

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Delegates from 5 states attended the Annapolis to discuss problems with the Articles

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In Philadelphia in 1787…

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Delegates from all states except RI met to revise the Articles, whereupon they actually started drafting a new government

17
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Important Features of the Constitution (4)

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1) Bicameral Legislature
2) Checks and Balances
3) Federalism
4) Republicanism

18
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What is a bicameral legislature?

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  • a legislature with two houses

- designed for delay and inefficiency

19
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What is Checks and Balances

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1) built in limitations on the power of any single branch of government
2) designed to limit the reach of faction

20
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What is faction ?

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  • a self-interested minority

- what in federalist #10 Madison invoked to plead the need for an extended republic

21
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What is federalism

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-separation of powers among different levels of government(local, state, national)

22
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What is republicanism?

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-philosophical commitment to self-government overseen by those with the greatest civic virtue

23
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Civic virtue

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The ability to discern the public interest and to act on behalf of it

24
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Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

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To appease those who feared the threat centralized power might pose to individual liberties

25
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What individual rights are protected in the constitution proper?

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1) writ of habeus corpus cannot be suspended
2) bills of attainder cannot be passed into law
3) ex post facto laws are prohibited
4) religious qualifications cannot be applied to anyone seeking elected office
5) all citizens are entitled to a trial by jury in criminal cases

26
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Writ of Habeus Corpus

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Cannot be unlawfully imprisoned

27
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Bills of attainder

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Gov. cannot arbitrarily search private property

28
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Ex post facto laws

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Getting punished for breaking a law that was made after u broke it

29
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Final important note about the constitution

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Through the debate over its creation, America’s first political parties cohered

30
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What did anti-federalists think about the constitution?

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It is amounted to a hazardous centralization of power and the creation of death of liberty

31
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What did the federalists believe about the constitution

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That it would unleash America’s economic potential and prevent excessive decentralization from ruining the democratic experiment

32
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What does federalist #10 mean

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Warned against political parties, created by james madison

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