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Constitutional Era
VUS.5
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History
11th Grade
05/07/2010

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Why American political leaders were fearly of a strong central goverment
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Fearful of a powerful central government like Englands
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First United States national government
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Articles of Confederation
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Weaknesses of the Articles
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Wealk national government
Congress could not tax or regulate trade
no common currency
no executive or judicial branch
gave each state one vote regardless of size
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Supreme law of the land
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Federal
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Delegates at the Constitutional Convention balanced competing interests
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established a bicameral(2 house) legislature
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Basis for membership in the Senate
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equal representation (2 from each state)
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Basis for memership in the House of Representative
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population
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Great Compromise
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satisfied both lare and small states by having the Senate with equal representation and the House based on population
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Keeps one branch of government from becoming too strong
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checks and balances
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Three-fifths Compromise
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counted slaves as 3/5 of the population when determing representation in the House of Representatives
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New government avoided a too powerful central government
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establishing 3 co-qual branches with checks and balances
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Three branches of government
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Legislature, Executive, Judicial
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How federal government's powers are limited
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limited to those identified in the Constitution
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Chairman of the Constitutional Convention
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George Washington
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Father of the Constitution
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James Madison
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Significance of Madison's notes
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Best record of what happened at the Constitutional Convention
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Virginia Plan
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James Madison proposed a federal government with 3 separate branches and membership be basedon population
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Authored the Bill of Rights
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James Madison
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Why add Bill of Rights to the Constitution
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Several states would not ratify the Constitution without it
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Documents consulted when writing the Bill of Rights
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Virginia Declartion of Rights
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Basic human rights should not be violated by the government
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Authored Virginia Declaration of Rights
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George Mason
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Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
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outlawed established church, the practice of government support for one favored church
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Authored the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
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Thomas Jefferson
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Leading Virginia Federalists
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James Madison and George Mason
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Federalists major arguments in favor of the Constitution
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A strong central government, especially to promote economic development and public improvements
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People who would agree with the Federalists today
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Those who see a primary role for the federal government in solving national problems of rights that clearly defined basic rights that the government could not abolish
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Leading Virginia Anti-federalists
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Patrick Henry and George Mason
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Anti-federalists major arguments against the Constitution
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Feared an overly powerful central government destructive of the rights of in dividuals and the prerogatives of the states
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People who would agree with the Anti-federalists today
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More conservative thinkers echo these concerns and champion liberty, individual initiative, and free markets
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