Articles of Confederation
After the Revolutionary War, citizens in each state wrote constitutions, created rules for choosing state governors, and set up state judicial systems, showing that these had the most power.
States
Held in this city
Philadelphia
At the beginning of the Constitution and explains that the government gets its power from the people and introduces the six purposes of the government
Preamble
Detailed written plan for a state or nation's government
Constitution
The AoC was the first constitution of the US and united the newly independent states and the national government was intentionally this.
Weak
Compromise reached at the Constitutional Convention established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state’s official population for representation and taxation purposes
Three-Fifths Compromise
First 10 Amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights.
Supporter of a strong central government
Federalist
Because most leaders accepted that the country needed a stronger central government than provided in the AoC, leaders decided to do this instead of revise or improve the articles.
Write a new Constitution
After the Constitution was written, the Federalists wanted this.
Ratified exactly as written
Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution establish these.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Opposed the adoption of the US Constitution and preferred the Articles of Confederation because it included a weaker central government.
Anti Federalist
2 current branches of government that did not exist at all under the Articles of Confederation
Executive and Judicial
Name the Compromise- Congress would be composed of two houses: one in which representation was based on a state’s size, and one in which every state was represented equally, regardless of size
Great Compromise or the Connecticut Compromise
With 2/3 of Congressional approval and 3/4 approval by the states, amending the Constitution was made intentionally to be what?
Difficult
Some states, like Massachusetts, heavily taxed their citizens after the Revolutionary War and many citizens believed that a stronger national government was needed and rebelled.
Shay's Rebellion
Two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
1. Limited National Gov't
2. Couldn't collect tax money
3. Difficulty passing and enforcing laws
4. Difficult or impossible to regulate trade
Antifederalists wanted this after the Constitution was written in 1787.
Add a Bill of Rights; do more to protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the national government.
This gave implied powers to Congress so the federal government could handle issues and problems that the writers of the Constitution could not foresee
The Necessary and Proper Clause
Established that the population of enslaved people in a state would be only partially represented in that state's official population for representation and taxation purposes.
Three-Fifths Compromise