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Richard Henry Lee: "The Constitution gives too much power to the executive branch of government. It would soon become a monarchy."

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Taking Issue with the Articles of Confederation

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Checks And Balances (Making it Concrete)

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Checks And Balances (Making it Concrete)

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Why did they count 3/5 enslaved people for taxes?

Was the 3/5 compromise fair for large and small states?

Was the population of slaves counted for taxes?

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The Judicial Branch -
It has powers over the Executive and the Legislative branches. For example, it can declare something the Executive branch did unconstitutional, or it can declare something that the legislative branch did that was unconstitutional. Each branch has power over the other two branches so that one branch can not overpower the others.

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John Jay: "The powers of the national government are separated and balanced among three branches so no one can dominate the others."

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Similarity Between My 1783 Wish List and What I Have Learned

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Similarity Between My 1783 Wish List and What I Have Learned

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One similarity is...

Equal rights for everybody was on my wishlist and although it's not completely equal, it's still 3/5 equal. The 3/5  of slaves now counted in population gave states new representation. Southern states firmly wanted to include slaves into the population, otherwise, they'd have to break off from the union.

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True Or False?

TRUE: The Articles of Confederation had many foreign problems which prevented it from being successful.

WHY: -Britain did not evacuate like they said they would
-The British did not give compensation for slaves that they had taken with them and freed in the south
-The States had many similar problems with Spain

SOURCE: Taking Issue With Articles Of Confederation

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1) Articles Of Confederation
2) 3/5 Compromise (North and South states)
3) Bicameral VS. Unicameral
4) The Articles of Confederation was not very helpful; it still left out solving foreign problems.
5) Each branch of the U.S. government had power over the other two branches (there were three branches in all)
6) The highest court is the Supreme Court
7) The president and vice president make the Executive branch
8) The legislative branch is made of Congress
9) Federalists like the Articles of Confederation whereas Anti-Federalists don't
10) Trump is an Anti-Federalist because he would rather the people of our country have power than be powerless