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3/5 of enslaves people would be counted for taxes and representation

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Bicameral legislative branch
House of Representatives-based on population
Senate- all states have 2 votes

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One vote per state (no matter how populous)

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Number of representatives would be determined by population

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Constitutional convention:  Agreements and compromises
Key Agreements:
limited and representative government
Powers of the national government should be split in 3 ways
Strengthen the government
National currency

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Danial Shays led a group of men that closed Massachusetts state Supreme Court and advanced on a federal arsenal in Springfield.
It created a need for a stronger central government

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13 separate states
Different types of money
Tariff on other colonies
Weak national government

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Set of rules of what the government could and could not do
March 1781- all thirteen states had approved the Articles
No national court system, no president or king, unicameral legislature.
States send between 2 and 7 delegates to Congress, but each state had only 1 vote.
Congress ran the central government and had only the powers stated in the Articles. State governments could do anything that was not stated in the Articles.

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Preamble
Statement of purpose and basic human rights
Specific complaints or grievances against George III
Colonists' determination to separate from Great Britain

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1765-nine colonies sent delegates to meet and organize to protest the Stamp Act and King George's actions
1773- committees of correspondence form quickly
1774 First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
June 1776- Declare independence

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Britain tightens control
Taxes on Colonies increased (Intolerable Acts)

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First formal constitution
Gave the people the right to elect the governor, judges and representatives to make laws.

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People have "natural rights" because they are human beings.

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Monarchs do not have absolute authority
Monarchs must have Parliaments consent to suspend laws, levy taxes or maintain an army
Monarchs cannot interfere with elections
People can petition the government and have a fair and speedy trial.
People should not have cruel or unusual punishment.