Chapter5 section 1
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- Statesmen
- Founding Fathers considered themselves this rather than politicains
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- It is a plan to survey the area. And then they broke it up into different sections. Then congress sold off the sections and made money at hte same time. 1 acre is at least 1 dollar. And the price goes up based on location.
- John Dickenson
- He was a representative of Pennsylvania. When he was not re-elected, he decided to move to another area(deleware). Runs for representative in Deleware.
- Republic
- a governmnt where citizens rule through elected representatives. Which placed power in the hands of capacble leaders.
- Weakness' of Articles of Confederation
- 1)Congress couldn't enact or collect taxes 2)Congress couldn't regulate interstate or foreign trade 3)Each state had only one vote, regardless of population. 4)9/13 Rule 5)all states need to approve to ammend articles 6)No executive branch 7)No national vourt 8)The states lacked unity as a nation
- John Dickenson's Rules
- 1)Go with what people want. 2)He won't take his own feelings into account
- All states
- Articles can only be ammended if all states approve
- Abolishment of Slavery
- Slavery is abbolished in Northern states.
- NorthWest Ordinance
- 1)Set up governors and judges 2) Needs 3-5 State regions 3)Need to have congress' acceptance of statehood and constitution. Only when population 60,000 people.
- 9/13
- nine out of 13 states needed to agree in order to pass a law
- Guidlines for Constitution Questions
- 1)Representation by population of state? 2)Who has supreme power? 3)What to do with land of west?
- Repulicanism
- a government that is based on the consent of people
- Education
- One square of land must be set aside for education.
- Consent of people
- People run thier own governmetn. so each individula state must have an accepted constitution. Becuase each state is different.