American Government

- first constitution of the US
- established a firm league of friendship between states
- let each state keep its sovereignty, freedom, AND independence!

• The Article of Confederation: Successes

• The Article of Confederation: Failures

• Federalists

• 3/5ths Compromise

- each state only got one vote, so big states were mad asf because they believed that since they were bigger, they should get more votes
- super weak executive branch
- no national court system
- required SOOO much support to make big decisions
- no national currency?!
- congress couldn't: tax so they couldn't pay soldiers, couldn't regulate trade, AND couldn't make an army or navy

• New Jersey Plan (small state plan)

• Legislative Branch

• The Article of Confederation: Failures

• Direct Democracy

- proposed the idea that representation in the national legislature should be made by the people!
- more representation = more people!!

• New Jersey Plan (small state plan)

• Virginia Plan (large state plan)

• Connecticut Compromise (great compromise)

• Republic

- wanted equal representation for each state in congress!!

ex: (basically, this means that just because New York is bigger than Wyoming, doesn't mean they should have more representation!)

• 3/5ths Compromise

• The Article of Confederation: Successes!!

• New Jersey Plan (small state plan)

• Connecticut Compromise (great compromise)

- called for a bi-cameral legislative body
- this means a two-house congress!

• Connecticut Compromise (great compromise)

• Executive Branch

• Anti- Federalists

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- basically a way to count slaves.. when they were tryna determine "population-weighted representation"
- they came to a literal compromise (hence the reason its called the 3/5ths Compromise), to where 3/5ths of the slaves would be counted for representation and tax stuff

• Direct Democracy

• New Jersey Plan (small state plan)

• The Article of Confederation: Failures

• 3/5ths Compromise

- wanted a strong central government
- president, and big people control laws)

• Federalists

• Republic

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• ANTI- Federalists

- wanted strong state government
- the states have more control over themselves rather than getting controlled by a bigger party

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• Anti- Federalists

• Federalists

made up of Congress and special agencies to provide support services to Congress

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• Legislative Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

- consists of the President, his/her advisors
- responsible for enforcing the laws

• Judicial Branch

• Legislative Branch

• WHAT CAN I SAYYY

• Executive Branch