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Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and James Madison. People declared independence from Great Britain in Philadelphia -
Articles of confederation 1777 Pros and cons, include the things that were going wrong in America
America declares independence, needs unity adopts first Constitution articles of confederation. Disputes between states, problems with other countries national government is not strong enough under the articles -
Land ordinance of 1785-what was it? Why was it good?
The land ordinance was when the people from the congress didn’t have enough money so the goal was to raise money during the sale of land. -
Shay’s Rebellion-what happened, why?
Shay's Rebellion happened during 1786 and 1787. It happened because the farmers did not want to pay their taxes because they were out of money. During the revolutionary war Daniel led them to the courthouse to fight. -
The Constitutional Convention begins-Why? What was the original intention?
The articles of confederation are ineffective. Delegates decide not to revise art. Of confederation, draft whole new constitution instead. -
Virginia Plan- explain. Why good?
The Virginia plan is good because two houses, so that there larger states have more representatives. -
New Jersey Plan- explain. Why good?
Good for small states because there is an equal amount of representatives -
3 / 5’s Compromise- explain. Why good and bad.
The 3/5’s compromise was that the people could count their slaves as 3/5’s of a person. This was bad because the slaves couldn’t vote or have a say in anything but they still counted as 3/5’s of a person in the voting. -
Agreement over slavery-explain. Why good, why bad?
The congress could not stop the slave trading. They could not stop it for at least 20 years. Also if a slave ran away they would have to return them. -
The Constitution is signed- then what?
They need a bill of rights. People thought that we need to add the unalienable rights. They thought we need to have the rights that the government couldn’t take away. That’s why after the constitution was made they add the unalienable rights only a few years later. -
The Anti-Federalist Position- what did they believe? Name the main Federalists
anti-federalist don’t like the bigness of the government. They want the states to have more power than the federal government. Patrick henry was one that felt very strongly about the fact that the constitution was making the president to strong. -
The states vote to ratify- Explain the process
The people voted for delegates and then the delegates vote on things to get ratified. At least 9 out of 13 had to vote yes for it to get ratified. -
The amendment process-explain
To propose an amendment you have to have 2/3 of both houses of congress or 2/3 of the state. To ratify an amendment you need ¾ of the sates. They wanted to make it hard to make an amendment so people couldn’t make them easy. -
Great Compromise- Whose idea? Why a good compromise?
Edmund Randolph, this was a good compromise because it was equal for all the states, they each had a certain number of representatives. -
The Federalist Position- what did they believe? Name the main Federalists
the federalist believe that the federal government should be more powerful than the states government. They like the bigness of the federal government. James Madison is one of the most famous federalist and he believed that the president should have more power than the states. -
Northwest Ordinance- what was it? Why was it good?
The northwest ordinance also known as the ordinance of 1787 was an act of the congress the confederation of the United States, passed July 13 1787. -
The Bill of Rights was ratified
The bill of rights has the first ten amendments. They are the unalienable right. It prevents the government from taking these rights away.
