From 27dcafbce367826bb506bb85dd8838c3d35a669f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Holden Rohrer Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2020 19:02:46 -0400 Subject: watched aug31 lecture --- rich/08_aoc_constitution | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+) create mode 100644 rich/08_aoc_constitution (limited to 'rich/08_aoc_constitution') diff --git a/rich/08_aoc_constitution b/rich/08_aoc_constitution new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0ae794c --- /dev/null +++ b/rich/08_aoc_constitution @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Articles of Confederation +- Create a basic government to defeat the British +- Confederation: loose collection of sub-actors that hold most power +- As a government and for fighting a war, big problems: + - No central authority missing _six_ key powers + - AoC couldn't make binding treaties, so war couldn't end + - Also couldn't make allies + - Couldn't organize soldiers; left up to states + - Couldn't compel states to tax + - States didn't want to pay for someone else + - Couldn't regulate commerce between colonies or other states + - Like Virginia and Connectitut argument + - One thing that united the colonies + - Couldn't compel states to pay fair share of cost + - Brits would fight to destroy infrastructure + - States wouldn't pay for repairs of internal damage + - AoC couldn't pay for it with nonexistent taxes + - Couldn't coin money + - No common currency, so its value was based on states' + values, and people wouldn't accept specific currencies + +The Constitution +- Approved Sep 17, 1787 +- Madison Model's 5 Principles + 1) Popular sovereignty + Choice in the legislature + 2) Republican Government + Electing decisionmakers + 3) Limited government + Government has limited power + 4) Separation of Power + Ambition must counteract ambition + 5) Federal system + Stronger national authority partnered with states +Difficulties in ratifying +- Public is very unaware of the constitution developing +- Constitution violated the AoC, so secret organizing was a coup +- Republicans vs Federalists + - Republican, "anti-federalist" = power vested in states +- Federalists fought an uphill battle w/ Federalist Papers + - Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay + - 85 short essays in popular publications + - Federalist #15 and #51 important + - 15 = proof of need for strong central gov + - Enforcement power + - Collective good as a real entity + - 51 = proof of need for fragmentation in strong gov + - Double security: states check fed & fed checks fed + - Protection of the minority -- cgit