7.3 A New Plan Of Government

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1) Something added to a document

2) Patrick Henry added the Bill Of Rights because he didn't think the power was sufficiently divided.

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Amendment

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1) This was made so that each branch could limit the power the others had so no single branch could dominate the others.

2) The president can veto the bill.

3) Congress can override the veto.

4) Judicial gets to decide if the new amendments go against the constitution.

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Check and Balances

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1) Article II deals with the executive branch.

2) The president is in charge of this branch.

3) This branch carries out laws and policies.

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Executive Branch

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1) Article I deals with the legislative branch.

2) This branch pass laws, tax, coin money, regulate trade, and can declare war.

3) This branch has two houses.

4) These houses are the house of reps and the senate.

5) The representation for each state depends on it's population.

6) Under this branch the congress can collect taxes, coin money, and regulate trade.

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Legislative Branch

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1) Article III deals with this branch.

2) Federal and Supreme courts make up this branch.

3) The supreme court hears things dealing with the constitution.

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Judicial Branch

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1) Sharing power between federal and state governments.

2) The federal government gets to tax, declare war, regulate trade, control money, and raise an army under this.

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Federalism

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1) This man was a philosopher of the Enlightenment.

2) He believed that everyone had natural rights that couldn't be taken away.

3) He was important because he wrote an agreement between the people and the ruler.

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Baron de Montesquieu

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1) These people were supporters of the new constitution.

2) The people were write essays to try and persuade people the constitution was good.

3) These were called the federalist papers.

4) They feared the government would have way to much power.

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Federalist

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1) These were people who opposed the constitution.

2) They thought that having a strong government would turn them into Great Britain.

3) They thought they would favor the wealthy over the common person.

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Anti- Federalist