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| gives each state the same number of representitivesin the senate regardless of size; |
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| necessary and proper clause |
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| Artical I, section 8- gives congress the authority to pass all laws"necessary and proper" to carry out the enumerated powers specified in the constitution; also called the elastic clause. |
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| Declaration of Independance |
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drafted by thomas jefferson
- not a legal documet
-justified the revolution
-proclaimed the right of the colonies to separate from great britain. |
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| those who favored a stronger antional goverment and suppoeted the proposed U.S. Constitution |
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| the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution |
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new york, 1765
-9 of 13 colonies;
representives drafted a document to send to the king listing how thier rights had been violated |
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| a way to divide powere among 3 brances of goverment: house of Reps., members of senate, the president, and the federal courts. |
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| stipulates that each slave was to be countedas three-fifths of a person to determine population. |
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| articles of confederation |
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| compact among the 13 original states that was the basis of the government. |
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| powers derived from the enumerated powers and the necessary and proper clause implied thru the exercise of delegated powers. |
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| favored strong stated goverment and a weak national government; |
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| national goverenment derives its power from the state |
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| Article VI: madating that national law is supremeto all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of government |
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| key points: one-house legislature with one vote for each state, the establishmet of the acts of Congress as the "supreme law" of the land, and a supreme judiciary with limited power. |
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| key points: bicameral legislature, an executive chosen by the legislatures, and a judiciary also named by the legislature. |
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| first continental congress |
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| meeting held in Philadelphia from sept 5 to Oct 26, 1774, in which 56 delgates adopted a resolution in opposition to the Coersive acts. |
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| second continental congress |
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| meeting that convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, at which it was decided that an army should be raised and george washington of Virgina was named commander in chief. |
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| 17 specific powers under Article I, section 8: powers include taxation, coinage of money, regulation of commerce and the authority to provide a national defence |
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| an army of 1500 angry farmers led by daniel shays in massachussetts and forcibly restraind the state court from foreclosing mortgages on their farms. |
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| gives 3 branches of government some degree of oversight and control over the actions of the others |
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| power is divided between the national government and the state governments and in which indepndent states are bound together under one national government. |
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| A series of 85 political papers writted bgy John Jay, Alexander hamilton, and James madison in support of ratification of the U.S. constitution. |
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