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Articles of Confederation
Strengths
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-gave states more power
-slavery was banned
-each state gave unicameral vote
-added land
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Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses
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-raised taxes
-no power to regulate trade
-no power to enfore laws
-could only pass laws with 2/3 vote
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What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance?
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To provide a way for the new states to be admitted to the United States
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Explain a Confederation system
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-A league of independent states
-one house legislature
-states have more power then the federal government
-no executive or judicial branch
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Explain Virginia Plan
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A two house legislature based on population preposed by Edmound Randolph
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Why did some delegates criticize the Virginia Plan?
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They said it gave too much power to by states 2 houses based on population
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What states supported the Virginia Plan?
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Large states such as Virginia and New York
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Explain New Jersey Plan
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Proposed by William Patterson
-one house
-all states have an equal number of representatives
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Why did some delegates criticize the New Jersey Plan?
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Favored small states and didn't represent the large states
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What states supported the New Jersey Plan?
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Small states suck as Delaware, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
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How did the Great Compromise satisfy both the large and small states?
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-each house was fair to both large and small states
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What was the Great Compromise?
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-2 houses:Lower-based representation on population
upper-equal representation
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Explain the significance of the 3/5 Compromise
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It inscreased the Souths population
-every 5 enslaved people count as 3 free people for taxation purposes
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Why does the constitution divide the government power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
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So that one branch will not become to powerful
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Give an example of the separation of powers
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Creation of 3 branches of government
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