Unit 2: The Articles of Confederation and the Constitution Flashcards
What was the effect of the European Enlightenment ideas?
Citizens have a right to participate in a democratic government
Who was John Locke and his theory?
John Locke was an Enlightenment thinker. He wrote the “Social Contract Theory of Government” which states that if a government doesn’t protect natural rights of life, liberty, and property, it can be replaced
What was Montesquieu’s idea?
Separation of powers
What was the Articles of Confederation?
The Articles of Confederation was the 1st national government, purposely created to be a weak national government, so the states have more power
What were the negative aspects of the Articles of Confederation?
Negative: There was no national army, there was only one branch of government (Congress), and it was difficult to change the government
What was a positive aspect of the Articles of Confederation?
Positive: The Northwest Ordinance, which was an organized method of admitting new states into the union by population requirement. The new states equal to the originals
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The Northwest Ordinance was an organized method of admitting new states into the union by population requirement. The new states equal to the originals
What is the Shay’s Rebellion and its effect?
Farmers were angry over high taxes and calling in of loans taken out during the Revolutionary War so they started an uprising. There was no national army to stop the rebellion and no other states would help Massachusetts end the rebellion.
Effect: The US needed a stronger national government
What was the Constitutional Convention and its effect?
The Constitutional Convention was a meeting in Philadelphia to fix the Articles of Confederation
Effect: The Articles of Confederation was thrown out and the creation of the 2nd plan arose, the Constitution
What was the Great Compromise?
The Great compromise was a compromise between large and small states which was a bicameral legislature. The bicameral legislature was made up of 2 houses of Congress: the Senate and the House of Representatives
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
It was a compromise where 3/5 of the slave population will count toward the census (population count) , and therefore amount of representatives in the House of Representatives
What were the Federalists in favor of?
The Federalists were in favor of a strong national government to keep order
What were the Anti-Federalists in favor of?
The Anti-federalists were in favor of weaker national government. They believed that the state governments should have more power to avoid a new tyrant
What were the Federalists Papers?
A series of essays whose goal is to prove the US Constitution is necessary and should be approved
Define Federalism
Federalism is the sharing of power between the states and national government
