https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz en-us 2023-09-22 03:59:37 UTC 2023-09-22 04:17:10 UTC hello@padlet.com aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715708123 Alexander Hamilton was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first Secretary of Treasury from 1789 to 1795 during George Washington's presidency.]]> 2023-09-22 04:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715708123 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715709120 Introduced to the Constitutional Convention in 1787, James Madison's Virginia Plan outlined a strong national government with three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.]]> 2023-09-22 04:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715709120 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715709745 A convention of delegates from all the states except Rhode Island met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May of 1787]]> 2023-09-22 04:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715709745 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715710494 The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.

]]> 2023-09-22 04:07:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715710494 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715711045 The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation]]> 2023-09-22 04:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715711045 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715712349 The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. ]]> 2023-09-22 04:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715712349 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715712993 Oliver Ellsworth and Roger Sherman, among others, in what is sometimes called the Connecticut, or Great, Compromise, proposed a bicameral legislature with proportional representation in the lower house and equal representation of the states in the upper house]]> 2023-09-22 04:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715712993 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715713751 The preamble is an introduction to the highest law of the land; it is not the law. It does not define government powers or individual rights. Establish Justice is the first of five objectives outlined in the 52-word paragraph that the Framers drafted in six weeks during the hot Philadelphia summer of 1787.]]> 2023-09-22 04:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715713751 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715714613 The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government.]]> 2023-09-22 04:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715714613 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715715665 someone who is opposed to a system of government in which power is divided between a single central government and several regional ones]]> 2023-09-22 04:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715715665 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715716512 An amendment is a change or addition to the terms of a contract or document. An amendment is often an addition or correction that leaves the original document substantially intact. Other times an amendment can strike the original text entirely and substitute it with new language.]]> 2023-09-22 04:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715716512 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715717914 the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.]]> 2023-09-22 04:15:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715717914 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715718701 The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point of U.S. Constitutional or federal law.]]> 2023-09-22 04:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715718701 aundav9480 https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715719672 Concurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal government and each constituent political unit, such as a state or province. These powers may be exercised simultaneously within the same territory,]]> 2023-09-22 04:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aundav9480/2o8hez59t8bxw7wz/wish/2715719672