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Why didn’t the leaders of the American Revolution extend their spirit of equality to the abolition of slavery and giving women the right to vote? |
The leaders of the American Revolution didn’t include the slaves or women when it came to voting because they weren’t really important. |
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Compare and contrast the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution, especially in regard to the specific powers granted by each to the national government. |
-The Articles of Confederation were weak, while the Constitution was a step to a better government. -The Articles of Confederation was a weak central government, they gave all the power to the states. -The Constitution was made to give the national government more power -The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution differ in the fact that the Constitution was a better solution than the Articles of Confederation. |
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Write your definition of democracy. Then use this definition to evaluate the Constitution as it was penned in 1787. In what ways was it a democratic document, and in what ways did it guard against democracy. |
The definition of democracy was that it was a form of government. The constitution help create a democratic nation. |
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Historian Charles Beard described the Constitution as the “reactionary” phase of the Revolutionary era. What did he mean by this, and what could have led him to this conclusion? |
The Constitution was called the “reactionary” phase of the Revolutionary era because it is the time that America wanted their independence from Britain |
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List all the reasons why the Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced in order of importance, starting with the most important reason. |
The Articles of Confederation overall were extremely weak, hence they needed to be replaced by the Constitution which was a great solution to all the problems the Articles of Confederation had brought upon America. |
