Principles
Limits each branch to ensure no branch becomes too powerful
Checks and Balances
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
Anti Federalists
Compromise between Northern and Southern states over how slaves would be counted in determining a state's population
3/5 compromise
This weakness meant that in order to make any type of amendment to the AOC this had to happen
all 13 states have to agree
Which amendment protects against cruel or unusual punishment
8
People have the power
Popular Sovereignty
"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."
Anti Federalist
Southern states felt that slaves should count towards population but not
taxation
In order to avoid Tyranny, the writers of the AOC included this which ended up being a weakness
No federal leader
Idea that the government must follow procedures established by law
Due Process
Gives the people the right to vote for representatives
Republicanism
"The powers contained in the constitution….ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.”
Federalist
Compromise between two states in regards to representation in the Senate and House of Representatives
Great Compromise
Each state had a different form of currency which meant the government had no power to
regulate trade
Which amendment is addressed in the constitution based on this excerpt from the declaration of independence: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
2
Principle that protects from tyranny by controlling from excess power
Limited Government
It is an intuitive truth that a consolidated republican form of government will lead...into a monarchy, either limited or despotic."
Anti federalist
compromise between federalists and anti federalists led to this
Ratification of the constitution
This weakness led directly to the great compromise
Name the Branch that is associated with each description:
1. Makes laws
2. Enforces laws
3. Interprets laws
1. Legislative
2. Executive
3. Judicial
these protections are listed under the first 10 amendments of the constitution
Individual Rights
"Energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of a good government"
Federalist
This states plan proposed a bicameral legislature which is still existing in the US today
Virginia
Lack of this branch meant there was no one to enforce laws
Executive
Which amendment is addressed in the constitution based on this excerpt from the declaration of independence: "For suspending our own colonial legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever"
10