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Constitutional Convention
was in 1787
The Constitutional Convention was result in a new form of government, called Constitution.
Delegates from all over the colonies went to the covention.
George Washington presided over the Convention
The Constitution was approved at the Convention.
3 / 5 Compromise
also in 1787
The ⅗ compromise was when they wanted to count slaves as the count of the population in order to tax for the federal government.
The southern states wanted to count them as the population
The northern states didn’t want to count them as the population.
Agreed to count 3 out of 5 slaves.
James Madison agreed to count 3 out of 5 slaves
It remained that way until the Civil War
Checks and Balances
used to keep the government from getting to powerful
each branch is restrained by the other two in several days.
the legislative branch introduces and votes on a bill.
Then the bill goes to the executive.
The President decides whether he thinks the bill is good for the country. Then if he thinks it’s good he will sign it and it will be a law.
The power is balanced members of the Supreme Court that are appointed by the president.
9,000 amendments have been put in but 27 only been pass.
Electoral College
People actually vote for a group of electors when they put their votes in on Election Day.
The electors have pledged to support the democratic or republican nominee for president.
Many people believe they are voting for the president.
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided on this system of indirect election of the president.
Long debates are took to make sure we get the best president.
Electors chosen by each state would elect the president.
Some states held direct popular elections for the electors in the beginning.
Ratification
1781-1797
the Constitution had to be ratified by the people of the United States
framers devised a system by which special state conventions
elected delegates would be created to ratify the Constitution
- The long process of ratification began with the entrenchment of opposing sides
Federalist
the central government of a country
the authority is divided between the head
strong main government
a system of government where there is one strong, central controlling authority
- Their adopted name implied a commitment to a loose, decentralized system of government
Anti Federalist
Anti-Federalists believed the Constitution granted too much power to the federal courts
felt that the government would be too far removed to represent the average citizen
Anti Federalist worried that the text of the Constitution did not contain a bill of rights
Bill of Rights
in 1791 the United States added ten new rights to the Constitution.
which were then called bill of rights
the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
United States Congress can't make any law about your religion
Congress can't stop people from having and carrying weapons
You don't have to let soldiers live in your house, except if there is a war
Nobody can search your body, or your house, or your papers and things, unless they can prove to a judge
You can't be tried for any serious crime without a Grand Jury meeting first to decide whether there's enough evidence for a trial
If you're arrested, you have a right to have your trial pretty soon
You also have the right to a jury when it is a civil case
The government can't make you pay more than is reasonable in bail or in fines
Just because these rights are listed in the Constitution doesn't mean that you don't have other rights too.
Anything that the Constitution doesn't say that Congress can do should be left up to the states, or to the people.
Citations
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