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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Father of the Constitution |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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