PSC 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Connecticut Compromise, Enumerated Powers
15 Oct 2015
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1730"s on parliament sought to exert greater authority over colonies and raise rates of taxation: americans began to assert their inalienable natural rights as british citizens (very few people were awarded these rights back then) Declaration of independence: a formal announcement and justification, contains important constitutional ideas. The laws of nature and nature"s god . The state constitutions constitutions: all placed the legislature in the pre-eminent place, governors, or executives, had limit3ed powers. 5 states met at annapolis to discuss commercial regulation: delegates agreed on need for reform of articles of confederation, called for general convention in philadelphia in 1787 to propose changes to the. Spurred on by unrest (shays rebellion) in the states, delegates came to philadelphia (minus rhode island: they met from may to september. Constitutional convention: the convention was closed to the public, each delegate swore not to reveal anything about what they were doing, conflict over how to form the legislature (congress, the virginia plan.
