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The federalists papers answered the opposition's fears that a republic has to be a small government. Meaning that a strong federal gov't would benefit everyone and their beliefs.

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Federalists were supporters of the newly made constitution. Who believed a strong gov't would let our country prosper. But the Anti-Federalists were the people who feared strong central gov't, and those who wanted a "Bill of Rights"

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What did the people want after equal representation? Basic rights to protect them from a gov't that becomes to strong, so the "Bill of Rights" was established

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Well kinda, there was a lot of debating on what kind of government would lie ahead due to the north and south having different views on slavery. But then the delegates didn't mention slavery at all

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The New Jersey plan was the response to the Virginia Plan. The NJ plan stated that in elections each state would have one vote. Eventually they'd come to a compromise where states would get equal representation based on population.

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This plan was made initially to make the central gov't stronger. But it only gave larger states the benefit in elections. Smaller states like NJ didn't like that at all.

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The continental congress met together to try and fix the extremely weak central gov't.

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When tensions were high, people fought and many feared without a strong central gov't, we would go into an anarchy state.

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After war, the country was in a lot of debt. Especially certain states. The federal gov't wanted the country to come together to pay it off. But citizens didn't care for that too much, due to them wanting to be independent from each other.

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Not very well you may guess. There were no law enforcement to enforce state/federal laws. No one saw themselves as "Americans" more like "South Carolinians" etc.

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The states ran themselves like an independent gov't. There were no Presidents, Senates, or anything like that.

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The Articles basically stated that the state's individual gov't was more powerful than the federal.

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The Articles of Confederation were the first form of government in the U.S.A.

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After getting independence from England, the States started to form a new government.

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What influenced the development of our Government Institutions?

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What influenced the development of our Government Institutions?

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Glad you asked...