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A plan of government
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Question | Answer |
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What influenced the delegates? | British ideas |
What provided a model for Americans | The English Bill of Rights of 1689 |
The Enlightment | a movement of the 1700s that spread the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
Who influenced the debate of the Enlightenment period? | John Locke and Baron de Montesquie |
What did Locke believe | all people should have a natural right to life, liberty, and property |
What did the framers view the Constitution as? | a contract between the American people and their governement |
What did the Constitution create | a federal system of government that divided powers b/t the national, or federal, government and the states |
Federalism | sharing power b/t the federal and state governements |
what could the federal government now do with the Constitution | tax, regulate trade, control the currency, raise an army, and declare war |
What could the states now do with the Con. | pass and enforce laws and regulate trade within their boarders |