week 3 - articles of confederation

Question 1

south carolina constution

Answer 1

restricted the suffrage to believers in god and a future state of rewards and punishment

a senator had to be a free white male and a protestant, thirty years old, and a state resident for five years, and have an estate of at least £2,000 free of debt in the district. (non residents could also represent a district if they owned property in the district worth £7,000.)

a house member had to be a protestant, at least twenty-one years old, a state resident for three years, and own an estate of at least five hundred acres and twenty slaves or other property of at least £1,000 free of debt. (non residents could sit in the house if they owned property in the district free of debt worth £3,500.)

anglican church was disestablished, and the upper house became the popularly elected s.c. senate. the representation imbalance in the legislature was adjusted so that the upcountry share approached 40%

people were required to be protestants to sit in legislature

delegates should be annually elected by joint ballot of both houses

Question 2

pennsylvania constitutions

Answer 2

schools established in each county

provided for the exemption of the “ conscientiously scrupulous “ from military service on condition that an equivalent should be paid

had an equal right of originating, amending and rejecting all bills except money bills

the prime purpose of an upper house was more or less obviated by the referendum

fixed the representation of each county; that of pennsylvania also provided for a septennial reapportionment on the basis of taxable inhabitant

did not establish a single executive, but an executive board - to share, with the governor, in the exercise of internal management power within the executive branch.

delegates were to be annually elected by the assembly

defined civil and political rights, recognized slavery as an institution