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a. Attempt by BF to unite to unite the colonies by sending delegates to organize and defend; representatives used for first time; 1754
b. It was ahead of its times, and turned down by the colonies. However Franklin’s plan was remember later |
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| The First Continental Congress |
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a. Called in reaction to the Intolerable Acts;
b. For 2 months the members discussed the worsening situation with Parliament; 1774
c. Sent a Declaration of Rights to King George III protesting policies
d. The delegates also urged all colonies to refuse trade with England until the hated taxes were repealed |
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| The Second Continental Congress |
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d. Three weeks into the Revolution this happened
e. Became the nation’s first national government—however—it had no Constitution |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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b. Proposed by Richard Henry Lee of VA about a year after Revolution began
c. Committee of five was appointed to prepare the proclamation, but most of the document was the work of Thomas Jefferson |
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i. Popular sovereignty: government can exist only with consent of the governed
ii. Limited government
iii. Civil rights and liberties (Bill of Rights)
iv. Separation of powers and checks and balances
v. Voting was limited to white males property owners |
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| Government Structure in Articles of Confederation |
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| unicameral and only branch of government, made of delegates chosen yearly by States and each had a vote in Congress. Each year Congress would choose one of its members as president who would be its presiding officer, but not president of US. |
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| Congressional Powers under the Articles of Confederation |
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1) Could make war and peace
2) Send and receive ambassadors
3) Make treaties
4) Borrow money
5) Set up money system
6) establish post offices
7) build a navy
8) raise an army by asking States for troops
9) fix uniform standards of weights and measures
10) settle disputes among states |
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| States obligations to one another |
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| obeying Articles and acts of Congress, provide the funds and troops requested by the Congress, treat citizens of other States fairly and equally with their own and give full faith and credit to public acts (if given this, as you go from state to state any legal document will still be in effect), records and judicial proceedings of every other State; also had to surrender fugitives from justice of one another, submit their disputes to Congress for settlement and allow open travel and trade between and among States |
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| States obligations to citizens |
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| promoting general welfare of the people, protect life and property |
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| powers Congress did not have were |
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| no power to tax (could raise money only by borrowing and asking States for funds), couldn’t regulate trade between the States (lack of central mechanism), and couldn’t make States obey Articles of Confederation or laws it made |
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| goal of the Constitutional Convention |
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| revise the Articles of Confederation |
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-called for new government with 3 separate branches: legislative, executive, and judicial
-legislature was bicameral and each representative was based either upon state’s population or upon the amount of money it gave for support of the central government
-members of House of Representatives were to be elected by each State
-benefitted large, wealthy states |
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-unicameral Congress of the Confederation with each State equally represented
-added to the powers of Congress the power to tax and regulate trade between States
-benefitted smaller states |
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-Congress composed to 2 houses
-smaller Senate would be represented equally and in House representation based upon population |
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-each slave represents 3/5 of a person
-benefitted: southern states for population count and northern for taxation |
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| Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise |
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-Congress forbidden to tax the export of goods from any state
-forbidden to act on slave trade for a period of at least 20 years
-benefitted southern states |
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| favored ratification; wanted strong central government |
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| Five issues involved in ratification debate |
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1. Weakness of Articles
2. Absence of any mention of God
3. The denial of States of a power to print money
4. Greatly increased powers of the central government
5. Lack of a bill of rights |
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| was created by first English colonists in order to retain an orderly regulation of their relationships with one anohter |
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| government is restricted in what they do and each individual has rights that government can't take away |
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| REpresentative government |
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| government should serve the will of the people; people have a voice in deciding what government can/can't do |
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| protected citizens from heavy handed acts by their king; first of its kind; laid down fundatmental rights such as trial by jury |
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| limited the king's powers and challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, saying that even a monarch must obey law of the land |
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| placed more limitations on the king and declared that he could not enforce a standing army in peace time, required all parliamentary elections be free, etc |
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| subject to direct control of the Crown; some government is formed: king named government and council |
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| Governor in colonies was appointed by the proprieter of the colony |
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| Governor chosen year after year by white, property owning males and had bicameral legislature |
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