HIST 2055 Chapter : Chapter 6 Notes
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C h a p t e r 6. The president is in charge of armed forces, deals with foreign affairs, and maintains the power to sign a bill into a law (or veto it). Popular vote choses the electors who ultimately chose the president. Congress was given the power to both collect and levee taxes: one national currency. Article i, section 8 congress has the power to call forth the militia (declare war); result of shay"s rebellion: the amendment process if 2/3 of both houses of congress agree to the legislation, then. Of the state legislatures must approve it (super majorities were needed to overturn original rulings in the constitution). Bill of rights: 10 amendments were added to the constitution that limited the power of the federal government: speech, press, religious freedoms, right to bear arms; shay"s rebellion, ratification provisions. The fight for ratification: federalists vs. anti-federalists.
