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- anti-federalists
- opposed th constitution because there was no bill of rights
- describe virginia plan
- proposed by James Madison & Edmund Randolph, called for a strong national government with 3 branches, legistive - passes the laws, executive - carries out the laws, judicial - sees that laws are carried out fairly, called for 2 house legislature, seats awarded on regardless of population, problem - larger states would have more reps, small states objected to the plan because they would always be outvoted by larger states
- articles of confederation what congress could/could not do
- Congress could: declare war, appoint military officers, coin money Congress could not: regulate trade, pass laws about taxes
- problems with the articles of confederation
- nationl government was weak, no president, said nothing about admitting new states to the US
- greatt compromise
- sherman's plan, called for 2 house legislature, lower - house of representives/seats based on population, upper - Senate/each state gets 2 senators
- describe problems of the new government
- 1. money - biggest, owed millions because of war, no way to repay debts, states printed own money, made tradeing difficult 2. foregin countries took advantage of new government's weaknesses, britain refused to withdraw troops in the ohio river valley spain closed port of new orleans to americanfarmers
- federalists
- favored astrong national government, wrote a series of essays, the federalist papers, defending the constitution (James Madison & Alexander Hamilton)
- shay's Rebellion - causes
- daniel shay, led a revolt attacking courthouses to prevent the sale of farmers' property as payment for debts
- new jersey plan
- proposed by william Paterson, 3 branches of government, 1 house legislature, each state got 1 vote
- bill of rights
- december 1791, first 10 amendments to the constitution
- state constitutions
- during the war, most states wrot their own constitution because it spell out rights of all citizens and set limits on government's power
- 3 branches of government
- 1. legislative: approve the laws, congress (House of Representatives & Senate) 2. executive: carries out the laws, president 3. judicial: court system, supreme court
- three-fifths Compromise
- Agreement that 3/5 of the slaves in any state be counted in its population
- right to vote
- white male age 21 & over, had to own a certain amount of property or pay a certain amount of taxes, NJ was the only state that let some women vote for awhile