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OC Ch4 Middleton

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1. The Magna Carta a document that the king john of england was forced to sign in 1215 that leeched power away from the king and gave it to the nobles. basically made the king obey his own laws and not yhave ultimate authority.
2. Influence of the magna carta on the constitution the magna carta obviosly made the ruler much less powerful, and made it so that no one was above the law, which is true in our gov today. also it granted the right to a trial by jury
3. thomas jeffersons virginia statue for religious freedom said that no person could be forced to follow a religion or be taxed for the religion that they followed
4. northwest ordinance 1787: slavery the northwest ordinance flat out banned slavery, though it was still a controversial issue.
5. northwest ordinance 1787: adding new states when a territoies population reached over 60k then it could draft a charter and ask to join the union
6. purpose of the land ordinance of 1785 and the norhtwest ordinance of 1785 to raise money for the us's war debts, and evenly divide land
7. how land was divided under the land ordinance of 1785 townships of 36 sq miles were marked and each square mile was one lot, one was reserved for a school, four for war veterans, and the rest sold to raise money
8. major influences on the us constitution magna carta, bill of rights, the mayflower compact, the articles of confederation and the enlightenment
9. how the articles of confederation reflected the ideas in the declaration of independence the articles was basically the state that the declaration defined: but mainly it was against any sort of powerful central government
10. significance of the articles of confederation the articles was the first oputline of the new us government altough it was basically only a beta version
11. main cause of shays rebellion the farmer felt that he did not want o pay his taxes and debts, and rebelled against the government
12. us goverments response to shays rebellion the us could do absolutely nothing about the rebellions, and the individual states had to try tio end them all by themselves
13. american citizens response to shays rebellion the american citizens responded ina variety of ways, some were afraid and now wanted a more powerful central gov to protect them, and others seeing how weak the gov was, rebelled themselves
14. significance of shays rebellion shays rebellion showed jsut how inneffective that the articles really were, and showed that something had to be done to fix them
15. main features from the articles of confederation no chief executive, new laws needed approval by nine states, cong could not tax the citizens, only ask for money and soldiers from the states,
17. problems with spain after the revolution spain blockaded the lower missisipi butchering western trade
18. purpose of the constitiutional convention to make changes to the articles so that they were actually effective.
19. virginia plan a plan that called for bicameral legislature, with representation based on state population, edmond randolf and james madison
20. new jersey plan a plan that had a unicameral legislature, where all states had the same representation, william patterson
21. great compromise the compromise that combined both the virginia plan and the new jersey plan, it had a bicameral leg, the senate was equal in rep, and tyhe house of rep was based on state population. both had to agree to pass laws
22. north vs south disagreement over slavery at the constitutional convention the southern economy was dependent on slaves, and it was such an important force, that the south would completely seperate if the it was banned. finally it was to be banned in 20 years
23. three fifths compromise southern states did not want taxes to apply to slaves, yet wanted them to count in represesntation, and the north wanted vice versa, so they agreed to make a slave 3/5 of a person
24. popular sovereignty the idea that power ina government lies with the people and not the government in which they reside
25. federalism the division of power between a central government and the state governments
26. purpose of checks and balances in the government the checks and balances are to make sure that no one branch of the governament can gain power and become a political tyrant
27. how the constitution reflected the ideas of the declaration of independence the constitution stated that the power should lie with the people, not the government and that represantation should be fair, and citizens rights would be upheld
28. power of the national government (delegated powers) the declaring war, negotiating treaties, issue money, regulate trade, and most importantly, run the military
29. power of the state goverments (reserved powers) regulate education, grant licenses, police and fire fighting services, and obviously regulating the sale of property
30. shared powers between national and state governments (concurrent powers) levying taxes, the court system, and determining voting qualifications
31. federalists and their arguments for the constitution the federalists supported the constittution and argued that it was a well thought out division of power where checks and balances could not let any tyranny slip by
32. antifeds and their arguments against the constitution tyhe antifederalists argued that the constitution did not actually protect the citizens rights, and that if they were to agree that a bill of rights would have to be made
34. the bill of rights - what it is and how it reflects the declaration of independence. the bill of rights is a list of the first ten amendments to the constitution, and it protected the individual rights of the people, like the declaration called for
35. reasons the us constitution is still in use more than 200 years later the constitution was made to be loose and sketchy so that it could be interpereted in different ways in the changing of time by the judicial branch
16. problems with britain after the revolution britain, after the revolution, closed many of its ports to the new fledgling states, butchering the bulk of their efforts to maintain a stable economy
33. federalist papers a group of essays that were written by john jay, alexander hamilton, and james madison that tried to convince the people to not be afraid of a more powerful central government, because it was very well thought out this time
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