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Title: VUS'5a The Articles of Confederation


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VUS.5aThe Articles of Confederation
  • Weak
  • No Power
  • No Common Currency

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VUS.5bThe Creation and Ratification of the
Constitution
  • Made Federal Law the
  • Balanced power between
  • Senate
  • House of Representatives
  • 3/5 Compromise
  • 3 Co-Equal Branches
  • Legislative, Executive Judicial

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Executive Branch -Executes
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Judiciary To Judge
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VUS 5.cConstitutional Convention
  • James Madison (continued)
  • Kept copious
  • Authored the Virginia Plan
  • 3 separate
  • Authored the Bill of Rights

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VUS 5.bCreation of the Constitution
  • Limited the Power of the Federal Government to
  • Key Leaders of the Convention
  • George Washington, Chairman of the Convention
  • James Madison Father of the Constitution

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Legislative to make LAWS
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VUS5.cThe Articles of Confederation
  • The First Constitution!!!
  • One Vote
  • No Executive or Judicial

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VUS 5.cRatification Debate
  • Ratification Debate
  • Federalists, Pro Ratification
  • Republic was large enough to prevent. . .
  • Bill of Rights would protect our
  • States Constitutions could not be . .

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VUS.5cRatification Debate (cont.)
  • Feared Tyranny
  • Demanded a Bill of Rights

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VUS 5.dThe Creation of the Bill of Rights
  • Virginia Declaration of Rights
  • George Mason
  • Human rights
  • Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Outlawed the established church
  • Madison borrowed from these to create the..
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