Declaration of Independence

- Declared Independence from Britain - Identified Natural Natural rights - Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness and gov't job to protect them - Influenced by John locke - Consent of the Governed - Limited Govt - Social Contract Theory

Articles of Confederation

- Confederal Government; Weak Congress not given many powers (no power to tax) - Unicameral Legislature - Each State = 1 vote - 2-7 Delegates - No Executive/ No Judicial

Written by the constitutional convention

- Outlines the structure of the Government - Three branches of government - Relationships between states - Amendment process? - 27 Amendments (including the Bill of Rights)

- Factions are inevitable - Large republic is the best form of government to address factions

- If men were angels, no government would be necessary - Power is divided between three branches of government - Power is divided between nation/ state government - Checks and balances - All keeps power from becoming too centralized

By Robert Yates a Anti-Federalist

- Constitution gives too much power to central government - Necessary and Proper Clause - Supremacy Clause - The Constitution will do away with States governments, creating one powerful state

- Power of the judicial review - Argues that the federal courts have the duty to determine whether acts of Congress are constitutional and to follow the Constitution impartially. Hamilton viewed this as a protection against abuse of power by Congress.

- Argues for a strong executive leader, as provided for by the Constitution, as opposed to the weak executive under the Articles of Confederation. - Rejects a plural Executive, Instead a Cabinet of advisors to the President

Letters from a Birmingham Jail

- Justice & civil disobedience - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed - Countered the claim that the civil rights protestors were agitated

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Founding Documents

Question	Answer
Declaration of Independence	By Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence	- Declared Independence from Britain - Identified Natural Natural rights - Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness and gov't job to protect them - Influenced by John locke - Consent of the Governed - Limited Govt - Social Contract Theory
Articles of Confederation	By John Dickinson
Articles of Confederation	- Confederal Government; Weak Congress not given many powers (no power to tax) - Unicameral Legislature - Each State = 1 vote - 2-7 Delegates - No Executive/ No Judicial
U.S. Constitution	Written by the constitutional convention
U.S. Constitution	- Outlines the structure of the Government - Three branches of government - Relationships between states - Amendment process? - 27 Amendments (including the Bill of Rights)
Federalist #10	By James Madison
Federalist #10	- Factions are inevitable - Large republic is the best form of government to address factions
Federalist #51	By Madison or Hamilton
Federalist #51	- If men were angels, no government would be necessary - Power is divided between three branches of government - Power is divided between nation/ state government - Checks and balances - All keeps power from becoming too centralized
Brutus #1	By Robert Yates a Anti-Federalist
Brutus #1	- Constitution gives too much power to central government - Necessary and Proper Clause - Supremacy Clause - The Constitution will do away with States governments, creating one powerful state
Federalist #78	By Alexander Hamilton
Federalist #78	- Power of the judicial review - Argues that the federal courts have the duty to determine whether acts of Congress are constitutional and to follow the Constitution impartially. Hamilton viewed this as a protection against abuse of power by Congress.
Federalist #70	By Alexander Hamilton
Federalist #70	- Argues for a strong executive leader, as provided for by the Constitution, as opposed to the weak executive under the Articles of Confederation. - Rejects a plural Executive, Instead a Cabinet of advisors to the President
Letters from a Birmingham Jail	By Martin Luther King
Letters from a Birmingham Jail	- Justice & civil disobedience - Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed - Countered the claim that the civil rights protestors were agitated

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