Vocabulary
An introduction to the highest law of the land but is not the law.
Preamble
being free from cruelty/tyranny
liberty
What does bicameral mean?
having 2 houses
Blend between the Virginia and the New Jersey Plan.
The Connecticut Plan (or Compromise)
Keep peace and order
- Form a more perfect Union
- Establish justice
- Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty
Domestic Tranquility
Needs are being taken care of
Welfare
peacefulness
tranquility
The branch of government hat interprets laws and settles disagreements about them.
Judicial Branch - "judicial" comes from the word judge.
Wanted each state to have a voice and against proportional representation.
The New Jersey Plan
Raise armies and navies to protect the United States from foreign attack.
- Form a more perfect Union
- Establish justice
- Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty
Provide for the Common Defense
A way to settle differences where each party agrees to give up part of what they want.
Compromise
future generations
posterity
The branch of government responsible fo rensuring tha tlaw are carried out, executed, or enforced.
Executive Branch
Created a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Representatives and Senate.
The Great Compromise
Make laws and set up courts that are fair.
- Form a more perfect Union
- Establish justice
- Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty
Establish justice
Justice
America's first written document establishing a national government.
Articles of Confederation
The branch of government that makes laws.
Legislative Branch - we call this branch, Congress.
The Virginia Plan
Protect the rights and liberties of the people and states.
- Form a more perfect Union
- Establish justice
- Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty...
Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
The delegates who attended the Philadelphia Convention to draft the Constitution (1787).
What year was the U.S. Constitution put in effect?
1787
Provides each branch of government with indivdiual powers to check the other branches and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Checks and Balances
Number of representatives for House of Representatives and the Senate.
House of Representatives - 435 (based on population)
Senate - 100 (equal number of representatives for each state)
Allow people and states to benefit from what the government could provide.
- Form a more perfect Union
- Establish justice
- Domestic Tranquility
- Provide for the common defense
- Promote the general welfare
- Secure the blessings of liberty
Promote the general welfare