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was one of the main contributors to the constitution
He had a plantation called Monticello
Sally Hemings
He had kids with one of her slaves
Thomas Jefferson
How did the election run
who ever won highest vote won the president and then second highest would get vice president
any proceeds that went towards this was given to schools
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Section 16
since new movers were right there on it you can’t do anything about it.
squatter’s rights
would be where you kept all of the you corn/other crops.
Cribs
where the women would get together and sew.
Quilting Bee
was made into whiskey it became a cash crop
Corn
People would go help neighbors build their houses. If they did not have wood to build their house they would build it out of sod. Women would cook food for everybody. Children would play. They usually had two room houses, dogtrot.
Barn raising
the farmers didn’t want to pay taxes on it.
Whiskey Rebellion
makes the laws
The legislative
enforces the laws
Executive
interprets the laws
Judicial
How to make a law
It is written down, given a number, given a public reading, assigned to a committee( you have to send it to a committee that has something to do with it), then it has to get voted on
After sending through the house, you have to go to the senate and do the whole process again, after this they would have to have identical conclusion,
They have a joint committee to decide on it then they have to send it through both house and senate again
If it makes it pass that then it has to go to the president (if signed then it is immediately put into law) if not signed it is sent back to Congress and if it voted by ⅔ (66%) it gets put in law
Someone can challenge this in court, Supreme Court has 9 people in it. If is doesn’t go against the constitution the law is thrown out but if not the law stands as is.
You can change the supreme court by changing the constitution by getting Congress to vote (75%) you can also get (75%) of the states and it can be changed.
How many times has the Constitution been changed
27 times
ends slavery
13 amendments
make the former slaves citizens
14 amendments
the salves voting rights
15 amendments
income tax
16 amendments
where no one branch gets too much power
Checks and Balances
of senators
100
of representative
435
who has the final say of what the treaty would say.
The senate
to attach a law to another law
Adding or attaching a rater
Latin for- I forbid
Veto