Unit 6: The Government of the New Nation

Why was the US Constitution created?

• To have a more organized government after the failure of the Articles
• Proposing and voting on legislation, serving on committees, providing advice on executive nominations, advocating for constituents, impeaching officials
• A rule or order issued by the president to an executive branch of the government. Is NOT a law - only applies to the federal government.

Popular Soveriegnty

• Interprets laws
• The idea that government authority comes from people who have agreed to be governed. Power comes from the people
• the right of the people to gather peacefully and to petition government

Tyranny

• LIMIT the government
• Representatives
• Cruel and oppressive government or rule

Consent of the Governed

• He helped draft the Great Compromise that determined how states would be represented in Congress, also called the Connecticut Compromise.
• Put into place
• People are the source of any and all governmental power

Self-Government

• characteristic/feature
• Make laws and decisions that protect the rights and well-being of citizens
• The right of people to rule themselves independently. People control the government.

What principles did the Constitution establish?

• Popular Sovereignty and Consent of the Governed
• Written by Hamilton, Jay, & Madison to support ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Defended the Constitution, the power of the federal government, and the rights of the President.
• Powers that congress has that are not stated explicitly in the constitution. Come from the Necessary and Proper Clause

Preamble to the Constitution

• His works influenced the Constitutional Convention. Ideas included checks and balances and separation of powers. Became the 1st VP of the US
• House of Representatives and Senate
• Introduction to the U.S. Constitution, establishing the goals and purposes of government

"We the People"

• Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
• First three words of the constitution. Establishes that the power of the government comes from the people
• A ruler who has complete power over a country

Why are the American people soveriegn?

• They elect representatives who ruled the country on behalf of the citizens
• to disagree
• Length of time a public servant can stay in their position

Commerce Clause

• to reject
• The right of people to rule themselves independently. People control the government.
• The section of the Constitution in which Congress is given the power to regulate trade among the states and with foreign countries and Native Americans