POLI 325D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Income Tax

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 325D1
• Professor: Harold Waller

Document Summary

Declaration of independance: 5 themes articulated in the constitution. Purpose of government to secure those rights. Right of revolution: basis for government, thomas jefferson, a whole new concept of government, based on fundamental principles, every human being possess unalianable right, equality is emphasized rather than liberty, it wasn"t a draft. No power of taxes (they raised money by discussing in the congress), the ability to raise revenue was compromised: interstate commerce, virginia plan: legislature proportional population, national judiciary, income tax, constitutions.