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Declaration of Independence

Preamble


Wanted Natural Rights- life liberty, pursuit of happiness


Greivences against King George III



Loyalist

colonists who wanted to stay loyal to King George III

England Strengths

Great Navy, lots of money, some loyalist support in America

Englad Weakness

far away from America


Parliment members opposed King war policy


bad fighting techniques

America Strengths

George Washington


Had experience because of French Indian War


Defensive Tactics


Knew the land

America Weaknessess

Discipline was poor


desertions were frequent


lacked military supplies and $$


poorly organized government

Charles Lee

American Traitor


Revolutionary general who tried to undermine Washington's authority on several occasions; he was eventually dismissed from the military.

Benedict Arnold

American General who was labeled a traitor when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.

Article of Confederation

BAD


No Judicial Branch


Unicameral (One house)


could not collect taxes


could not draft men


Didnt favor strong central government


GOOD


Northwest ordinance of 1787

Northwest Ordinance of 1878

Enacted in 1787, it is considered one of the most significant achievements of the Articles of Confederation. It established a system for setting up governments in the western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the original 13 states

Shay's Rebellion

Farmer who could not repay their loans and assumed it was the governments fault



Land Ordinance of 1785

A law that divided much of the United States into a system of townships to facilitate the sale of land to settlers.

Father of Constitution

James Madison

Thomas Jefferson

..., Virginian, architect, author, governor, and president. Lived at Monticello. Wrote the Declaration of Independence. Second governor of Virgina. Third president of the United States. Designed the buildings of the University of Virginia.

William Paterson

Presented New Jersey Plan

Roger Sherman

Presented Connecticut Plan

Great Compromise

A compromise that proposed two houses of Congress; one where a state's population would determine representation and another where all states were represented equally

Anti-Federalists

opposed strong central government


urged for a bill of rights



Articles of the Constitution

Let Eat Jelly Sandwhiches And Sip Root beer


1 Legislative


2 Executive


3 Judicial


4 States Rights


5 Amending Constitution


6 Supreme Law of Land


7 Ratifying Constitution



Bill of Rights

Added to appease Anti-Federalists