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Why were people against the approval of the Constitution?
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Why were people against the approval of the Constitution?
-People were against the approval of the Constitution for a few reasons. Those reasons included the constitution weakening the states, not having a bill of rights, and having a president that could easily become a king serving many terms.
What was one obstacle to the approval of the Articles of Confederation?
- An obstacle to the approval of the Articles of Confederation was the fact that some states would not approve the Articles unless other states dropped their claims to vast areas of land west of the Appalachian mountains. This lead to many disputes that made the time of the approval last longer.
How did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution?
-The bill of rights became a part of the Constitution through the amendment process. This process kept the constitution flexible and made it changeable with a lot of work.
What are the protections under the first amendment?
-The first amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, and press, the right to assemble and the right to petition the government.
What is one reason many people called for changes to the Articles of Confederation?
-One reason why many people called changes to the Articles of Confederation was the scorn that other countries viewed the states with because of the weak central government.
The opening phrase of the Constitution, "We the people" means that the Constitution gets its power from whom?
-The first phrase of the Constitution means that it gets its power from the citizens rather than from the states, as it was before.
How did Shays' Rebellion encourage a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation?
How did Shays' Rebellion encourage a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation?
-Shays' rebellion encouraged a plan to revise the Articles of Confederation because it proved that a stronger government was needed to protect against unpopular unrest. Shays' rebellion made people worry about the how a weak central government would react to future rebellions.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
Congress sold western lands for settlement to raise money.This ensured that settlers and investors could buy formerly public lands.
In the Great Compromise, which part of the enslaved people in a state were included when determining representation in Congress?
Slaves were represented as three fifths of a free person.
What were the terms of the Virginia Plan?
-The virginia plan called for a three separate branches of government. Those branches included the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. The plan called for one single executive/president, and also a two house legislature, the senate and house of representatives. This plan called for representatives based on population favoring the larger states.
What were the terms of the New Jersey Plan?-The New Jersey plan called for a single house of Congress that had equal representation throughout the states.The approval of the Constitution was threatened by disagreements between the Federalists and the Anti federalists. Take one position -Federalists or Anti federalists -and explain how the differences were resolved.When the constitution was sent to the states to be ratified two groups took shape. Anti-federalists worried that the constitution took to much power from the states. They worried that the national government was too powerful and that the President could become so powerful that he would be like a king. They wanted to make sure that the freedoms they had fought for in the Revolution would not be taken away by a strong federal government. They wanted to protect individual freedoms with a bill of rights. Despite the debates, smaller states began ratifying the Constitution, but New York, Virginia, amd other states with large populations held out. Finally, Virginia agreed to ratify the Constitution. New York and the remaining states soon also ratified it. During the first session of Congress under the new Constitution several amendments were proposed. Ten of them were ratified and became the Bill of Rights.