first national constitution for the colonies

- contained limitations

- establised tthe blue print for creation of new states

limitations of articles

-did not give gov power to tax

-regulate trade

-concerned with prohibiting the government from gaining too much power

Constitutional convention

philidelphia

1787

original intent to reform gov

washintong presided

washinton stayed nuetral although secret federalist

father of the constitution

frm virginia

most vocal proponent of the convention

only delagate to arive with a plan

issues of the convention

-convention agreed articles not reforming the

-delagates threw out 3 major issues

1.representation (big state vs small state)

2.states rights vs federal rights

3.slavery

Representation

(big states vs small states)

-big states wanted representation based on population and small statees based on equality

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-proposed by roger sherman called for a combination of both a bicameral legislature

-a bicameral legislature with two houses

1.virginia plan (house of reps)

2.new jersey plan (senate)

-representation based on population

house of reps based on population

NEW JERSEY PLAN

-upper house, all states represented equally 2 per state

- state equality is the senate

-anything to pass a law must go through virginia plan(house of reps) and new jersey plan(senate)

-if u want to pass a law only one branch can do it

-all equal check each others pwers (president cant make law but veto it)

-agreed to actively oppose ratification and if ratifed by state the first congress would include a national bill of rights

2 issues

1.abolition of slavery

2.would slavery count

slaves counted 5 slaves=3people

no further discusion of slavery

but slave trade dead line after 2o years after ratification

-tittle conduct

-executive privallege

-two term limit

-salary

-new capital

-cabnit(greatest cabnit ever

-veto power

-1st vice president

-frm MA

-fedralist

-favored ties with great britain than france

-frm NY federalist

- first secretary of treasury

-assuming state debts

-creation of a national bank

-tariffs and excisve tax

-supported british model government

-support comercial interest

-from VA

-first secretary of state

-democratic republican

supported french model og gov

-farming

JAMES MADISON

-from VA

- dem republican

-congress

-strong federal government

-pro british

-favored urban elite

-developed by hamilton

-weak fedral government

-pro french

-favored rual interest

-openly opposed hamilton

anything not specificcally allowed in the constitution would limit the power of the federal government

(jefferson)

anything not disallowed specifically in constitution is allowed would increase power of fedral government

(hamilton)

-was french revolution a constitution of the america revolution europe

proclamation of neutality1793 vs franco american treaty1778

-yes idea that common people could remove the monarchy and governmental themselves

-no the american revolution was based on moral legal principles and was not about executing the monarchy 

-create a pool of money benefit motivated ideas etc....

-buil natinal credit rating by assuming the state debts at the national level

-hold national revnue

-agreement with great britain that removed british troops from the northwest territory in exchange for allowing british naval ships tto board american ships for war purposes

-shays rebellion (august 1786-january1787)

-anger over taxes in western MA

-farmer soldiers closed court houses to prevent foreclosures on their property

-showed weakness of the articles of confederation

-july 1794

-showed the strenghth of the new constitution

1.avoid european entanglements

2.look to the west not east for americas future

3.political partie are evil and create despotism

4.cherish public credit avoid government borrowing

5.american virtue brings happiness

-french naval vessels began seizing american merchant ships route to great britain

-us claimed as nuetral

-american naval was result of this war

in 1798 in an effort to avoid increased conflict with europe and USA. Adams sent ambassadors to paris to negotiate.

french ambassadors instead of negotiating demanded for a bribe to listen

almost leads us to war