Major contributors to social contract theory: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory: We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and
nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also c
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Major contributors to social contract theory: Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau
2. Social Contract Theory: We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and
nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to
believe in a god.The belief gives definition to our existance.Therefore it is important
we define ourselves as individuals.
3. Enlightenment Influence on Constitution: Bill of Rights and the Second
Amendment, Ninth Amendment
4. Bill of Rights (Enlightenment): The first eight Bill of Rights
5. Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment): people have rights of life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
6. Articles of Confederation weaknesses: No executive, no judicial, no power to
tax, no power to regulate trade
7. Articles of Confederation - Strengths: Provided direction for the Revolution,
the ability to conduct diplomacy with Europe, and deal with territorial issues and
Native American relations.
8. New Jersey Plan: The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for
equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
9. Virginia Plan: Proposal to create a strong national government
10. Constitutional Convention: A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced
a new constitution
11. Three-Fifths compromise: Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths
of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and
taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral congress.
12. Checks and Balances: A system that allows each branch of government to
limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
13. Separation of Powers: Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the
executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
14. Federalists: A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during
ratification debates in state legislatures.
15. Anti-Federalists: Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when
the states were contemplating its adoption.
16. Ratifying the Constitution: Article VII, 9 out of 13 states had to agree, it was
ratified at state conventions
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