Patrick+Crowley

=                   = House of Reps and Senate) ||  Representative base on population in each state  || http://www.usconstitution.net/constconart.html   Thurs., Jan. 5th
 * //Category// ||  //Articles of Confederation//  ||  //Constitution//  ||
 * System ||  Loose connection with all power from the states  ||  Main power from Federal Government with limited power to states  ||
 * Legislature ||  Unicameral(Congress)  ||  Bicameral(Congress-
 * Members of Congress ||  2-7 members per state  ||  2 Senators per state,
 * Voting in Congress ||  One vote per state  ||  One vote per Rep. or Senate  ||
 * Executive ||  None  ||  President  ||
 * Term of Legislative Office ||  One year  ||  No more than 3 out of every 6 years  ||
 * National Judiciary ||  Maritime judiciary established  ||  Federal judiciary established, including Supreme Court  ||
 * Adjudicator of disputes between states ||  Congress  ||  Supreme Court  ||
 * Amendment ||  Agreed by all states  ||  Agreed by ¾ of states  ||
 * Navy ||  Congress authorized to build a navy, states authorized to equip  ||  Congress authorized to build a navy  ||
 * Army ||  Congress to decide on size of force and size according to population of states  ||  Congress authorized to raise and support armies  ||
 * Power to coin money ||  United States and the states  ||  United States  ||
 * Taxes ||  Apportioned by Congress, collected by states  ||  Laid and collected by Congress  ||


 * __//The Constitution://__**

"We the people of the United States, in Order to from a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the Genreal Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and eestablish this Constitution for the United States of America" The Contstitution- intro.- purpose

__Seperation of powers__- three branches of government- legilsative(Congress), judicial(courts), and executive(president) __Popular Sovereignty__- power to the people

__Large vs Small States__ __Slave vs Free States/ Industrial vs Agricultural/ North vs South__
 * The Great Compromise**- VA plan vs NJ plan; bicameral legislature with House of Reps- based on population and Senate- two per state
 * Commerce Compromise**- exports are not taxed but imports are, encouraging the growth and stimulation of the "inner" economy of the country
 * Three Fifths Compromise**- solution to the issue of slaves counting as populatio
 * Slave Trade Compromise**- ended the trading of slave in Africa, but not in the US (ended in 1808)