Political Science Mid-term study guide Chapter 2: The Founding and the Constitution Articles of Confederation: what were they? What did they omit that the Constitution included? Which gave Congress greater powers? Significance of Shays’ Rebellion Great Compromise Three-fifths Compromise Federalism Why we have staggered elections Judicial review Most important political value for Framers Chapter 3: Federalism Has federal government grown stronger or weaker throughout American history
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The First Amendment-- the right to freedom of religion‚ speech‚ press‚ petition‚ and assembly-- was included in the Constitution because the Founding Fathers wished to make it clear‚ to the people then and to the people of the future‚ what specific rights citizens were to have. The Founding Fathers wanted to assure the people that their basic rights would not be violated. This was important to the framers of the Constitution because they wanted people to be able to express themselves and to have
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Lindsay Adams Mrs. Wilkinson APUSH Pd. 5 12 September 2013 Chapter 9 Study Guide 1. How did the revolutionary American ideas of natural human rights‚ equality & freedom from the governmental tyranny affect developments in the immediate post-Revolutionary period? (1783-1789) Revolutionary American ideas from government tyranny affected development in the post-Revolutionary period by making it impossible for a strong federal government to be created. Since the colonies fought to get out of
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Poverty‚ hunger‚ and forced to pay the government taxes. These are the reasons for a rebellion‚ they say‚ because their voices was not heard. They had no other choice than to resort to violence to catch the government’s attention‚ did they? No‚ they did have other choices other than violence‚ and their voices were heard. There was a reason for the government’s reaction of ignoring. First‚ let us look at the choices the people could have taken before rebelling. They could have actually helped the
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Constitution was giving too much power to the National government and that it was no different than having a monarchy. I think people eventually accepted the Constitution because people saw how everything worked with a weak government and incidents like Shays rebellion made people realize that a need for a stronger
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Riggs‚ S. B.‚ & Shay‚ J. M. (2012). Cost-free and sustainable incentive increases healthy eating decisions during elementary school lunch. International Journal Of Obesity‚ 36(1)‚ 76-79. doi:10.1038/ijo.2011.205 Steele‚ R. G.‚ Wu‚ Y. P.‚ Jensen‚ C. D.‚ Pankey‚ S.‚ Davis‚ A. M.‚ & Aylward‚ B. S. (2011). School nurses ’ perceived barriers to discussing weight with children and their
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Question: Why did the Articles of Confederation fail? The Articles of Confederation established the first governmental structure unifying the thirteen states that had fought in the American Revolution. They went into effect on March 1‚ 1781 and lasted until March 4‚ 1789 when they were replaced by the US Constitution. Why did the Articles of Confederation only last eight years? In effect why did the Articles of Confederation fail? Answer: The purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to create
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What is the connection between Shay’s Rebellion‚ Articles of Ghena Al khalaf 10C Confederation‚ and US Constitution? The Articles of Confederation‚ Shay’s Rebellion‚ and the American Constitution all played a major role in American history and shared a connection. The Articles of Confederation were a limited government‚ established in 1782‚ that governed the United States and were later replaced by the US Constitution after Shay’s Rebellion. The occurrence
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there own tariffs and navigation laws‚ as well as no National Army or power to regulate commerce. also‚ if any of the laws were to be changed or any new laws to be added‚ all 13 states had to ratify the change‚ which was nearly impossible. Then with Shays Rebellion‚ the citizens started to realize they needed to change and get a stronger central government to help regulate the new country. The
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A More Perfect Union As inevitable as the U.S. Constitution feels today as the foundation on which the United States of America and its political system are built‚ it was not the first document ratified by the former British colonies to establish a union. During the years of the American Revolutionary War and the years directly following it‚ the newly formed United States of America were essentially a collection of thirteen more or less sovereign states loosely held together in an alliance by
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