Constitution Study Guide.
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1.
1. Congress could declare war and make treaties.
2. Raise an army or army
3. Make Foreign treaties
4. Coin and borrow money
5. Establish post offices
6. Regulate Indian Affairs.
2.
1 No Chief Executive
2. No national court system
3. Laws need nine of thirteen states approval
4. All other powers reserved to the state
5. No provision for amending
3. Daniel Shay was a farmer and a former Revolutionary soldier who organized an uprising
against the government. Shay’s Rebellion was fueled by lowering farm prices and farmers
losing money. The government began taking away farms if the farmers were unable to pay
back loans. In Shay’s Rebellion, 2,000 farmers attacked courthouses and prevented the
government of Massachusetts from taking their farms.
4. Constitution- A document that sets out the laws and principles of a government
Confederation- A loose alliance of independent states
5.
3 Plans of Government
Plan
Who Proposed
Virginia
James Madison
Edward Randolph
New Jersey
William Paterson
Great Compromise
Roger Sherman
Plan
-3 Branches
-Legislature based on
States’ Population
-Every state received
equal representation
-Each state gets two
seats in the Senate
-House of
Representatives
based on population
Favored (Large
States or Small
States)
Large
Small
Both
6. The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement made in which three fifths of the slaves in
any state would count toward the state’s population when deciding representation in Congress.
7. Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
8. The first political theory that John Locke is associated with is natural rights theory, that “all
people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.” This means that human beings have
the natural rights at birth to life, freedoms, and personal belongings, and that government
cannot take these rights away.
The second theory associated with John Locke is Social Contract theory, that “government is an
agreement between the ruler and the ruled.” This means that government is set in place to
protect the people and meet the needs of the people. There is only a government because
people need rules and laws for a society to operate effectively. Therefore, the people rule.
Important People
Beliefs on National
Government
Need for Bill of Rights
Ideas about President
Federalists
-James Madison (Virginia)
-Alexander Hamilton (NY)
-John Jay (NY)
-A strong central government
was needed to enforce laws.
The national government had
to be as strong as state
governments
-No Bill of Rights needed.
Too many individual rights,
and all cannot be written
down
-Needed a very strong office
of President to enforce laws.
Through checks and balances
President will not become too
powerful
Anti-Federalists
-Patrick Henry (Virginia)
-Thomas Jefferson (Virginia
-The national government
cannot be strong and more
power should be with state
governments
-Individual rights will only be
protected if written
specifically in a Bill of Rights
-The President will become
too much like a King. It is not
a good idea to have too much
power invested in one person.
10. Baron de Montesquieu is famous for Three Branches of government. This theory impacted
the federal Constitution because of writers of the Constitution creating the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Branches and Separation of Powers.
11. A Preamble is an Introduction.
1. Form a more perfect union,
2. Establish Justice
3. Insure Domestic Tranquility,
4. Provide for the common defense,
5. Promote the general welfare
6. And Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
12. James Madison and Edward Randolph