Cracking The AP Exam Flashcards
Thomas Hobbes.
Hobbes’s famous work Leviathan argues that if humans were left to their own devices, chaos and violence would ensue. In a state of nature, life would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” He argues that the best way to protect life was to give total power to an absolute monarch
Concerned primarily with the protection of kife
What was the enlightenment?
An eighteenth century philosophical movement that began in Western Europe with roots in the scientific revolution.
John Locke
Argued in his Second Treatise on Civil Government that liberty and property were natural rights granted by God; it was the duty of all governments to respect and protect these rights. If the government do not, Locke contended, the citizens have the right of revolution
Charles de Montesquieu
Montesquieu was a French philosopher who greatly influence the founders. His The Spirit of the Laws advocated for the separation of power into three branches of government.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau argued that the only good government was one that was freely formed with the consent of the people. The consent was shown in a powerful “social contract,” which was an agreement among people.
What was the predecessor to the constitution?
The articles of xondereration
Notable accomplishments of the articles (4)
Won the revolutionary war
Established northwest ordinance, creating methods by which new dates would enter the union
Negotiated the treaty that ended the revolutionary war
Set the precedent of federalism, whereby the states and central government shared governing responsibilities
What was shays rebellion?
A six month rebellion in which more than 1000 armed farmers attacked a federal arsenal to protest the foreclosure of farms in the western part of the state
Could the federal government drafts soldiers?
No
Was the federal government completely dependent in state legislatures for revenue?
Yes, the federal government was not permitted to tax citixeba
Could the federal government pay of the revolutionary war debt?
No
Could the federal government control interstate trade?
No
Did the federal government have a Supreme Court to interpret law?
No
Did the federal government have an executive branch to enforce law?
No
Did the federal government have national currency?
No
Did the federal government have control over import and export taxes imposed between states?
No
Did the federal government need unanimity to amend the articles?
Yes
The federal government needed approval from how many of the 13 states to pass legislation?
9
How did Charles ears see the constitutional convention?
An elitist conspiracy to protect the wealth of the rich
