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Explain how the Enlightenment and other historical events influenced the founders

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Enlightenment challenged The way people thought about government

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Key Enlightenment thinkers

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Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Descartes, Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Emmerich de Vattel, Voltaire

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Thomas Hobbes: main idea

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People are brutish, so they need a strong ruler

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Thomas Hobbes: main idea

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People are brutish, so they need a strong ruler

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John Locke: main idea

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People have natural rights that the government should protect

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Descartes: main idea

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You should be skeptical of what you see

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Montesquieu

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Government power should be divided into three branches

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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People are naturally good, but bad government can chain them

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Emmerich de Vattel

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We can apply the laws of nature to nation, not just to people or objects

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Voltaire

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The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech

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Compare the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Jefferson

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- both John Locke and Thomas Hobbes bro about the social contract that they imagined forming the first government

- Thomas Hobbes argued that life in the state of nature was "solitary, poor, nasty, Brutish, and short"

- John locked agreed that humans have natural rights that include " Life, liberty, and protection"

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Key events

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In order

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1760

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Georgia lll is crowned

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1763

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The proclamation of 1763

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1764 and 1765

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The sugar and stamp act

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1767

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Townshend act

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1770

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Boston massacre

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1773

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Intolerable act

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1775

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American revolution begins

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1776

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The declaration of independence

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1783

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The Treaty of Paris

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Describe the first government established in United States

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Formed a government under the articles of confederation

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shays rebellion

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Showed the need for a stronger central government

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Shays rebellion in chronological order (earliest to last)

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Find order

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Shays rebellion (4)

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Shayss supporters were elected to the Massachusetts legislature. The Massachusetts legislature repeated the taxes and stopped paying in debt

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Shays rebellion (3)

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The national government was unable to raise forces to put down Shayss rebellion

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Shays rebellion (2)

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Daniel shays Led a group of armed farmers who use the language of the American revolution against the Massachusetts legislauture

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Shays rebellion (1)

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The American Revolution left states deeply in debt

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Shays rebellion (5)

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Congress agreed to call a meeting " for the sole and express purpose of revisiting the articles of Confederation

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Good example of the influence of enlightenment ideas on state constitutions

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Natural rights - most states constitutions have a Bill of Rights

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The phone was not a weakness of the articles of Confederation

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It allowed each state to create its own foreign-policy

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Weakness of the articles of Confederation

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-It could not enforce its decisions

-it did not include executive and judicial branches

-it could not require States to contribute money to the national government

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Largest single influence of the American revolution

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The Enlightenment

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Document includes the phrase " we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all mean are created equal..."

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The Declaration of Independence

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Good examples of the influence of enlightenment ideas on state constitutions

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Popular sovereignty, Bill of Rights, separation of powers

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Explain why the constitutional convention was held

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To revise the articles of confederation

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Where was the meeting

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Annapolis, Maryland in 1786

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Who wrote the constitution

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Key framers :
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and James Madison

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Several founders that skipped the convention

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Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, cereal Adams, Patrick Henry

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The great compromise

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Bicameral
Legislature is made up of two houses or chambers (trying to balance the need for big and small states)

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Three-fifths compromise

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Tried to balance the needs of slave and free states by making three-fifths of the slave population count toward representation

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Federalist and anti-federalist argued about

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Whether the constitution should be ratified

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Federalist

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Generally believe that the nation needs a stronger central government

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Anti-federalist

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Were afraid that the stronger government would become too powerful

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Constitution was ratified in

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1788

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Amendments became

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The bill of rights

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the anti-Federalist legacy was

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The bill of rights

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Constitution

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A written document that guides a nation

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Why were the Federalist papers written

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To support ratification of the Constitution

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Who were the main supporters of ratification of the Constitution

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Federalist

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The three-fifths compromise determine how population would be counted for

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Representation in Congress and also direct taxes on the population of the states

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The people who opposed the Constitution were called

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Anti-federalist

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Who was the father of the Constitution

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James Madison

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The three main parts of the constitution

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The preamble, the articles, and the amendments

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The five major principles of the Constitution

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Popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, limited government

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The first part of the constitution is called

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Preamble

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Is followed by the main body also called the

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Articles

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Article l

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Legislative branch

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Article ll

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Executive branch

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Article lll

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Judicial branch

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Article lV (4)

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Relationship among states

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Article V (5)

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The amendment process

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Article Vl (6)

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Establishes the constitution as the supreme law of the land

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Article Vll (7)

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Ratification process

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There are 27 amendments

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Amendments

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The first 10 amendments are

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The bill of rights

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Articles

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Major parts of constitution

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How much of Congress must approve an amendment to the United States Congress before it is sent to states

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Two-thirds

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What power are set aside for the states or for the people

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Reserved power

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Judicial branch

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The branch of government responsible for interpreting law

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Legislative branch

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The branch is responsible for making laws

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Executive branch

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The bridge is responsible for enforcing the law

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delegates power

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Federal government

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Concurrent power

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Shared by the federal and state governments

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Reserved power

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State governments

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How do American federalism try to balance the power of the federal and state government

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Assigning delegated, reserved and concurrent power

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Implied power

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Those used to carry out the delegated power

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Inherent power

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Powers come from the basic nature of sovereign states

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Delegates powers

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- print money
- declare war
- establish post offices

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Concurrent powers

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- collect taxes
- build roads
- establish courts

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Reserved powers

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- issued license
- regulate intrastate businesses
- conduct elections

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The divisions of power include

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Reserved power, concurrent power, delegates power

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Federalism have gone through four major stages

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- Creative federalism

- dual federalism

- cooperative federalism

- New federalism

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Chronological order of federalism

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1790-1930: dual federalism

1932-1960: cooperation federalism

1960- 1980: creative federalism

1980- present: New federalism

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Dual federalism

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Power equally divided between state and federal

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Cooperation federalism

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National and state government collaborated

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Creative federalism

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Expanded federal involvement in local issues

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New federalism

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Give more power back to the states

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Constitution never explicitly list the powers to charter banks and corporations. Why did Alexander Hamilton argued the United States could still charter a bank

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He argued they are both implied and expressly enumerated powers, in that both types of power are delegated to The national government

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Grants-in aid

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To provide federal money for programs with local control

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Confederate

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A system of government in which the states have more of the power

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What does elastic clause do

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It allows the federal government to expand its power

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