How the Articles of Confederation failed and delegates met to create a new constitution. The major debates were
over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president (Electoral College), slave trade, and a bill of rights.
What were the 2 plans for the new constitution?
The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
. In the Constitutional Convention, the Virginia Plan favored large states while the New Jersey Plan favored small states.
What were some of the issues with creating a new constitution?
A central issue at the Convention was
whether the federal government or the states would have more power
. Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.
What were the two main issues the Constitutional Convention faced first?
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 faced challenges regarding
representation in the legislature, the issue of slavery
, and the selection and powers of the chief executive (president) that they resolved through compromise.
What states did not ratify the Constitution?
Rhode Island
was the only state not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Then, when asked to convene a state convention to ratify the Constitution, Rhode Island instead sent the ratification question to individual towns asking them to vote.
What came after the Constitution?
The Constitution would not be ratified and established until 1788. … The suspicion of a centralized government became a theme in
the Articles of Confederation
that eventually led to its downfall and it's replacement by the Constitution as the new nation's governing document.
What were the 4 major problems of the Articles of Confederation?
- Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of size.
- Congress did not have the power to tax.
- Congress did not have the power to regulate foreign and interstate commerce.
- There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress.
- There was no national court system or judicial branch.
What powers did Congress gain under the new constitution?
These include
the power to declare war, coin money, raise an army and navy
, regulate commerce, establish rules of immigration and naturalization, and establish the federal courts and their jurisdictions.
What were the 3 major issues at the Constitutional Convention?
The major debates were over
representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president (Electoral College), slave trade, and a bill of rights
.
What were the three major equality issues at the constitutional convention How were resolved?
The issue of representation was solved by the Connecticut compromise, the issue of counting slaves was solved by the 3/5 compromise
, and the issue of who can vote (political equality) was decided by giving the states the rights to decide who can vote.
What were the main arguments for and against ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalists
wanted a strong government and strong executive branch
, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government. The Federalists did not want a bill of rights —they thought the new constitution was sufficient. The anti-federalists demanded a bill of rights.
On what issues did convention delegates agree?
The delegates generally agreed on
the need for a separate executive independent of the legislature
. (The executive would be called the “president.”) And they also agreed on giving the president the power to veto laws but only if his veto was subject to an override.
Did all 13 states ratify the Constitution?
The
Constitution was not ratified by all states until May 29, 1790
, when Rhode Island finally approved the document, and the Bill of Rights was not ratified to become part of the Constitution until the end of the following year.
What is the only amendment to repeal?
Although the Constitution has been formally amended 27 times,
the Twenty-First Amendment (ratified in 1933)
is the only one that repeals a previous amendment, namely, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), which prohibited “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” In addition, it is the …
Why did only 9 states ratify the Constitution?
They decided to drop the matter. Instead, on September 28, Congress directed the state legislatures to call ratification conventions in each state. Article VII stipulated that nine states had to ratify the Constitution for
it to go into effect
.
What was before Indian Constitution?
Prior to the constituent assembly that convened in 1948 to draft the Indian constitution adopted in 1950 and still in force to date, the fundamental law of India was mostly embodied in a series of statutes enacted by the British Parliament. Key among them was
the Government of India Acts of 1919
and 1935.
