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What were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
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One vote for each state regardless of size, congress cannot collect taxes, congress is powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce, no seperate exactutive branch to enforce acts of congress, no national court system to interpret laws, ammendment only with consent of all the states, a 9/13 majority required to pass laws, articles only a "firm league of friendship"
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How did Shay's Rebellion accentuate the problems with the Articles?
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It showed that the articles didn't provide a national army.
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What were the arguments for the Anti-Federalists and Federalists when it came to adopting the Constitution?
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The Anti-Feds wanted a Bill of Rights to make sure the people had reserved rights and they didnt want a central government because they were scared America would become what Britain was. The Federalists didn't want a Bill of Rights and wanted a strong central government.
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What were checks and balances?
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Division of all the branches to make sure that one branch didn't have too much power.
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What roles did Alexander Hamilton and James Madison play in the development and ratification of the Constitution?
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Alexander Hamilton and James Madison wrote the Constitution.
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Explain the Great Compromise, Separation of Powers and influence of Montesquieu, Idea of limited government, Federalism, and Issue of slavery and 3/5ths Compromise.
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The Great Compromise retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by James Madison, along with proportional representation in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally between the states. The separation of powers was the 3 branches of government to make sure that no branch got too much power. Montesquieu influenced this because he separated the French government into 3 divisions. Limited government is a government which anything more than minimal governmental intervention in personal liberties and the economy is not generally allowed by law, usually in a written constitution. It is written in the United States Constitution in Article 1, Section 8. The issue of slavery made the North and South be enemies and the 3/5ths compromise was that as long as 3/5ths of the population agreed with something then the law would be passed.
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How does the Bill of Rights protect individual and states' rights?
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1st is the people's rights and the 10th is the states' rights.
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