A New Plan of Government Chapter 7 Section 3

I.Roots of the Constitution A.British System of Government 1.English Bill of Rights of 1689 provided an important model for the Americans 2.The Enlightenment promoted the idea that knowledge, reason, and science could improve society. 3.John Locke was an English philosopher who believed that all people have the right to life, liberty, and property.

II.The Federal System A.Shared Powers---Federalism 1.Sharing of power between the Federal and State Government B.The Constitution 1.The Constitution of the United States becomes the Supreme Law of the Land C.Framers are the men who shaped the Constitution

III.The Organization of Government A.The Legislative Branch—Law Makers 1.Congress could collect taxes, regulate trade and coin money B.The Executive Branch—headed by a President 1.The President is INDIRECTLY elected by the Electoral College 2.President has the power of Veto C.The Judicial Branch 1. The Supreme Court and all lower federal courts

D. System of Checks and Balances 1. This prevents any one branch from gaining to much power E. National Citizens 1. The new federal government pledged to protect the personal freedoms of its citizens

III.The Constitutional Debate A.Federalist---those in favor of the new strong federal government 1.Most famous Federalist—George Washington and Ben Franklin B.Ant-federalist—feared the central government 1.They thought that it would be a government by a small, educated group of individuals. 2.Thomas Jefferson & Mercy Otis Warren C.Protecting Rights---strongest criticism against the Constitution was it lacked a bill of Rights

IV.Adopting the Constitution A.New York and Virginia become the two most important to the future of the new government. B.Delaware becomes first state to ratify the Constitution. C.Rhode Island becomes the last state to ratify the Constitution. D.The Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution in 1791—Protecting Individual Freedoms

Those who opposed the Constitution feared the national government would A.Take rights away from the people B.Limit the number of new states C.Limit trade D.Require religion to be practiced

Thomas Jefferson belonged to this group ANTIFEDERALIST

The belief that all people have a right to life, liberty, and property was promoted by philosopher A.Baron de Montesquieu B.John Adams C.John Locke D.Benjamin Franklin

Which was the last state to ratify the Constitution? A.Rhode Island B.New York C.Maryland D.North Carolina

Those that shaped the Constitution (s) FRAMERS

The branch of government that deals with the court system is called the A.Legislative branch B.Judicial branch C.Executive branch D.Constitutional branch

Those that supported a strong national government Federalist

The system that keeps any one branch from gaining too much power A.Checks and balances B.Veto C.Impeachment D.Representation

The branch of the government that is headed by the president is called the A.Legislative branch B.Judicial branch C.Executive branch D.Constitutional branch

This group elects the president A.Framers B.Constitutional College C.Electoral College D.The people [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]