Drafting the Constitution
The Virginia Plan proposed a Congress composed of:
Two Houses; a lower and a upper house
Northern States felt that representation in Congress should be based on the number of:
People, other than slaves.
How did Hamilton feel about political power and the common people?
He paid the foreign debt.
Why did Washington distrust the two-party system?
He felt that domination by one party would led to revenge among the other.
What was the Virginia Plan?
proposed a congress composed of two houses, a lower and a upper.
The New Jersey Plan called for a congress consisting of:
A Single House
Southern states felt that representation should be based on the number of:
People, Including slaves.
Why did Jefferson and Madison oppose the national bank?
They believed that congress had no rights to authorize it.
How many states did it take to ratify the Constitution?
all 13 states.
What was the Virginia Plan?
It proposed a congress composed of two houses, a lower and a upper.
The Virginia Plan proposed that representation in Congress be based on:
Other large states agree
What did the Judiciary Act of 1789 establish?
The Supreme Court
Why did Hamilton support the national bank?
He believed that his word let creditors support the government.
The Constitution did not incorporate principles of law was not an objection to the new Constituution.
What was the New Jersey Plan?
A plan called for a congress consisting of a single house.
The New Jersey Plan proposed that congressional representation be based on:
other small states agreed.
What departments did Washington create and whom did he appoint to head them?
State: Thomas Jefferson
Treasury: Alexander Hamiliton
War: Henry Knox
Attorney General: Randolph
To which party did Jefferson belong?
Democratic-Republican
Why was the ratification of the Constitution crucial in Virginia and New York?
They were two of the largest states, and most popular.
What was the Great compromise?
It proposed a bicameral congress giving each state equal representation in the senete, and represention based on population in the house of representives.
How did the Great Compromise reslove this conflict?
It proposed a Bicameral Congress, giving each state equal representation in the Senete, and representation based on population in the House of Representives.
How did Jefferson feel about political power and the common people?
Jefferson favored common workers.
To which party did Hamilton belong?
Federalist
It was a convincing commentary owned the meaning of the Constitution.
What was the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
It planned to satisfy southern fears that the federal government might be funded through export duties/tax