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19 Cards in this Set
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What are 3 powers of Congress |
- could make war/peace - send/receive ambassadors - make treaties/borrow $ |
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What is wrong with the fact that each state only gets 1 vote/no matter the population |
because it is not majority rule, the states that have a bigger population than the smaller states should get more than one vote because they represent more people |
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What are 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? |
Congress can't tax, There is no judicial branch, And no executive branch |
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What are the consequences of congress not being able to tax? (Articles) |
They can't pay their enormous war debt to France |
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What are the consequences of there being no judicial branch? (Articles) |
No one is there to settle disputes among the states |
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What are the consequences of not having a executive branch? (Articles) |
There is no one to enforce law |
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After the Treaty of Paris was signed what happened to the states? |
* states fell to ruins * taxed goods from other states * made deals with foreign nations |
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What was the result of Shay's Rebellion |
The people realized they needed a stronger government |
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What are groups of delegates that attended the Philadelphia Convention called |
Framers |
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Day 1 of the PC |
* Washington was unanimously named the president of the convention |
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What was the original goal of the PC |
to revise the articles of confederation |
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In the VA Plan how many branches should there be? |
3, legislative, executive, judicial |
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In the VA Pla, what was the legislature? |
bicameral HOR- elected by people SENATE- (back then) elected by HOR |
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What was the NJ plan a response to? |
the VA Plan, which was written by James Madison |
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In the NJ plan what was the legislature? |
unicameral, each state was represented equally (equal doesn't always mean fair!) |
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How many presidents were in the NJ plan? |
3 executives |
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Ratify |
to approve, make official |
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Why were the Federalist papers written? |
To get VA on board with the Constitution |
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Where did Washington take his presidential oath? |
NYC |
