Emily+Seng

Emily!!!!!!!!! I got this from http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.art.html

from the book:
 * || **Articles of Confederation** || **Constitution** ||
 * Levying taxes || Congress could request states to pay taxes || Congress has right to levy taxes on individuals ||
 * Federal courts || No system of federal courts || Court system created to deal with issues between citizens, states ||
 * Regulation of trade || No provision to regulate interstate trade || Congress has right to regulate trade between states ||
 * Executive || No executive with power. President of U.S. merely presided over Congress || Executive branch headed by President who chooses Cabinet and has checks on power of judiciary and legislature ||
 * Amending document || 13/13 needed to amend Articles || 2/3 of both houses of Congress plus 3/4 of state legislatures or national convention ||
 * Representation of states || Each state received 1 vote regardless of size || Upper house (Senate) with 2 votes; lower house (House of Representatives) based on population ||
 * Raising an army || Congress could not draft troops, dependent on states to contribute forces || Congress can raise an army to deal with military situations ||
 * Interstate commerce || No control of trade between states || Interstate commerce controlled by Congress ||
 * Disputes between states || Complicated system of arbitration || Federal court system to handle disputes ||
 * Sovereignty || Sovereignty resides in states || Constitution the supreme law of the land ||
 * Passing laws || 9/13 needed to approve legislation || 50%+1 of both houses plus signature of President ||
 * Virginia Plan-
 * called for a whole new government w/ 3 separate branches [legislative, executive, and judicial]
 * Congress had all powers it had under the Articles
 * "Council of revision"
 * would create a new Constituion by revising the articles
 * New Jersey Plan-
 * to the powers Congress already had, would be added close limited powers to tax
 * "federal executive" of more than one person
 * major points of disagreement between plans= How should states be represented in Congress?
 * The Connecticut Compromise-
 * Congress should be composed of two houses
 * solved the most serious dispute bc in smaller senate- states represented equally, in House- states represented based on population
 * The Three-Fifths Compromise
 * all “free persons” should be counted, and so should “three-fifths of all other persons.”
 * southerners could count their slaves but they would have to pay for them
 * The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
 * Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any State
 * forbidden the power to act on the slave trade for a period of at least 20 years