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| types of regimes in the ancient world |
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| government was to provide structure for society, security. it ran like your entire life pretty much. tought about gods and commerce and battle like a totalitarian government would. |
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| john locke and his political ideas |
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| he was a 17th century political activist. believed in a state of nature that people live in. when bad shit happens then people will naturally band together for protection and structure. believes in natural law such as life liberty and property. says that laws of nature govern the state of nature such as not stealing, respect rights, and follow "reason". says if government is fucked up and a dictatorship then people should have a right to revolt. |
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| what rights the colonists claimed to have |
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rights as men (natural rights, life, liberty, property)
rights as christians (religious liberty)
rights as subjects (political rights) |
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| political ideas in the declaration of independence |
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people should be created equal
life
liberty
property
pursuit of happiness
government by consent
right to revolution |
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| competing theories of american democracy |
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pluralist/group theory: groups in society devoted to their own special interests battle it out to see who will control
elite theory: only the elite few in socity will have control
rational choice theory: everyone has their own self interests and will pursue them |
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| weakness of the government under the articles of confederation |
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independent soverign states made national government very weak/non existant.
national decisions had to be unanimous
couldnt get anything done at the national level
created huge economic problems with inflation and each state making their own currency |
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bicameral legislature decided by states population
had national execuative branch and judicial branch to seperate power (creates office of presidency and supreme court)
gave national government more power such as to govern trade, etc.
state governments would be republican |
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unicameral legilature-one state had one vote
national exec and judicial branch
federal law would have power of state law |
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o Representation in the House based on state population and senate has equal state representation
• Bills for raising and spending money must originate in the house
• House: representation based on population, closer to the people, direct election, serve two year terms, 25 years old
• Senate: each state has equal representation, originally elected by state legislatures, serve 6 year terms, provide wisdom/stability, further from the people, 30 years old
o Executive branch
• Founders distrust people to choose president
• Significant debate about the presidency was over who would elect the official (the president)
Solution- the electoral college
• Electors from each state are appointed from state legislatures
o Judiciary branch
• Federal judges serve for life and are subject to impeachment for misbehavior
• Need a body to interpret the law
• Congress can create lower courts |
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| the main structure of government created by the constitution |
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| stronger federal government with 3 branches to seperate powers |
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| the main powers of the national government |
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| wage war, regulate interstate commerce, some other shit too |
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| 25 years old, 2 year terms, elected by popular vote of the people, |
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| 30 years old, 6 year terms, originally elected by a states legislature |
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| elected by the electors of a state which come from a states legislature which compromise the electoral college, |
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| appointed by the president and serve for life, get kicked out by impeachment |
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| debates between federalists and anti federalists |
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federalists wanted a strong national government. included james madison and alexander hamilton.
anti federalists were pussys who said the constitution was problematic and needed a bill of rights. wanted a stronger state government |
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| madisons federalist papers no. 10 |
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| o James Madison says at a national level it would be harder for a few people to take over, rather groups competing with each other |
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| madisons federalist papers no. 51 |
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| o Says you need to keep government in check through system of checks and balances |
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| anti federalists states are like whatever bro and will ratify the constitution if a bill of rights is added so congress comes up with 12 amendments and the states ratify 10 of them so they are then known as the bill of rights. |
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| provisions in constitution dealing with slavery |
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| three fifths clause. says congress can abolish the slave trade after 20 years. never says the word slave. never outlawed slavery. tried to distance the national government from slavery and leave it to the states. |
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| system with a national government |
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| one national government holds power and then gives out a few powers to towns |
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| states hold power and give a little power to national governments |
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| McCulloch v. Maryland 1819 |
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| about the start up of the usa bank when maryland wanted to be like you cant start a bank and then taxes mcculloch, john marshall says congress has implied powers to do shit to let them carry out stated powers |
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| new york ran a monopoly on steam ships so john marshall said congress needed to control interstate congress |
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| abolishes slavery and gives congress the right to enforce it |
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| limits states powers, grants people citizenship if they were born in the usa and a citizenship of their state |
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| grants voting rights regardless of race |
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