Selena Rocha Government 2301 Victor Veldekens October 9th 2012 Citizenship knowledge What is democracy? A democracy is electoral process in which the government is elected by its people. The collective people must be knowledgeable active citizens in a political community. This political community is called government‚ institution and procedures in which its people are ruled. The people have the power to choose their government and the government is given the power to rule the citizens. The
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“We the People” From State Constitutions to the United States Constitution The road to the United States Constitution was a long and arduous way‚ filled not only with uncertainties but also with lively debates and hopes for carrying on the republican spirit. With a deep-seated distrust in a powerful central government Americans placed great emphasis on the independence of their individual states. This suspicion was reflected in the states’ constitutions and in the power structure of state
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Also‚ it depends on what my life is like in 1787; am I doing well under the Articles of Confederation or am I struggling. If I am doing well‚ I am more than likely not going to want to change; change is scary for someone in a good position. However‚ if my life is a struggle‚ I am more than likely going to be up for a change because “what
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have a form of document that tied them together as a whole nation‚ to give them a kind of governmental structure. They quickly came up with the Articles of Confederation‚ which was not meant to be permanent. It was a temporary document so the colonies could say they had come together as a nation. As a quick fix to big problem the Article of Confederation soon became inadequate. The federal government had little power‚ it was a congress made of people who were just delegates of the state. The states
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Madison. At the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention‚ James Madison drafted what is known as the Virginia Plain. All of the delegates were convinced that something must replace the weak Articles of Confederation‚ but what Madison planned was an altogether different form of government. The Articles of Confederation were a lose alliance of thirteen independent and sovereign states‚ with no one centralized government. The Virginia Plan proposed instead a central government with a legislative branch
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together. This was a way to get around the Articles of Confederation because the federal government could not tax the people. So the federal government started to tax the states more which then caused the states to have to tax their people. If you could not pay the tax then they would shut you down or foreclose you. This hurt many of the small farmers and also the small stores. Some of the other effects were that the faults of the Articles of Confederation were demonstrated. This made the state leaders
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Writing the United States Constitution was a very long very hard process. They needed a new constitution‚ they failed with the Articles of Confederation‚ they couldn’t stay unified in the face of a crisis like Shay’s Rebellion; every state had their own government but they needed to be unified. The problem was that everyone wanted it to be perfect‚ but the debates over what to include were very controversy. Not everyone could decide on one thing‚ with a country filled with a diverse group of people
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protect individual rights. Giving citizens the right to vote is very important for democracy because it ensures equality to all its citizens. The principles of democracy are based on equality. When the United States was established the Articles of Confederation was signed into law unfortunately
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41. Shays Rebellion was significant because it made the American delegates realize that the states had too much power and the central government didn’t have enough power. This assumption led to the revisions of the articles of confederation which led to the being written constitution. 42. The great compromise was presented by Roger Sherman in 1787. There was a political dispute the included Virginia and New Jersey. At the Constitutional Convention there was a plan drafted that would subside the
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European governments. He has corresponded with Samuel Adams‚ Richard Henry Lee‚ Patrick Henry‚ and Thomas Jefferson. He is convinced that a strong government headed by a king is and has been‚ the curse of mankind throughout history. Under the Articles of Confederation‚ Thomas’s law practice has prospered‚ but he is concerned over the inflated value of some colonial currency. Thomas Abraham Clark is a ... A. Federalist B. Anti-Federalist C. Undecided Thomas Abraham Clark is best categorized as an
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