Vocab
Tariffs
Taxes on imports and exports
New Jersey Plan favored what type of states?
Each state would have the same amount of votes
The Articles of Confederation was what?
Our first constitution
What is the role of the Legislative Branch?
Makes the laws
George Mason
An Anti-Federalists
Inflation
Increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
The Virginia Plan favored what type of states?
Larger states
Voice in government is based on population
Weaknesses of The Articles of Confederation
Single branch of government
Weak central government
No system of checks and balances
What is the role of the Executive Branch?
Carry out or enforce the laws
Daniel Shays
Suffrage
The right to vote
The Great Compromise took ideas from which plans?
The Virginia and New Jersey Plan
The main objective of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was to
Create a system for bringing new states into the Union
What is the role of the Judicial Branch?
Interpret the laws
Alexander Hamilton
Constitution
A set of basic principles that determines the powers and duties of the government
What did the 3/5 Compromise say?
That 3/5ths of the salve population would count towards taxation and representation.
What happened first? The publishing of the Federalists Papers or Shays Rebellion?
Shays Rebellion
How does the Executive Branch check the powers of the Legislative Branch?
The President can veto a law
James Madison
The Father of the Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution focused on individual rights
The Great Compromise stated?
1 house would be based on state population (Virginia Plan)
And
1 house would have the same amount of votes regardless of size of state (New Jersey Plan)
What were the Anti-Federalists worried about concerning the Constitution?
It gave the Federal government too much power
How does the Judicial Branch check the powers of the Legislative Branch?
The Judicial Branch can review a law and declare it unconstitutional
Roger Sherman
The man who came up with the Great Compromise