Dana+Clark

**__Dana's Page__** || Each state received 1 vote regardless of size || Upper house (Senate) with 2 votes; lower house (House of Representatives) based on population || ||  Congress could not draft troops, dependent on states to contribute forces || Congress can raise an army to deal with military situations || ||  No control of trade between states || Interstate commerce controlled by Congress || ||  Complicated system of arbitration || Federal court system to handle disputes || ||  Sovereignty resides in states || Constitution the supreme law of the land || ||  9/13 needed to approve legislation || 50%+1 of both houses plus signature of President ||  Plans and Compromises of Constitution Virginia Plan: New Jersey Plan:
 * || ** 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
 * Raising an army
 * Interstate commerce
 * Disputes between states
 * Sovereignty
 * Passing laws
 * called for new government with 3 seperate branches (legislative, executive, judicial)
 * bicameral
 * representation based on state population or amount of money it gave to support central government
 * Goal: creation of truely national government with power to enforce it's decisions
 * unicameral
 * equal representation
 * called for "federal executive" of more than one person

The Conneticut Compromise:
 * bicameral
 * congress composed of two houses - - states represented equally in senate, State representation based on population in House

The Three-Fifths Compromise:
 * a slave counts as three-fifths of a person when population in a State is being counted

The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise:
 * protected slave holders
 * Congress doesn't have power to tax the export of goods from any state and doesn't have power to act on slave trade for 20 years