HIST 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Connecticut Compromise, William Bingham, Anti-Federalism
6 Jul 2017
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The constitutional fathers didn"t want the bill of rights to be there. Freedom of press, property, search and seizure, right to bear arms, was all anti-federalist. Madison was the rst one to get there, washington was also one of the rst, if not the second. if you were concerned about it, should have gotten there earlier. The virginia plan - an outgrowth of what these guys planned to do. Benefits virginia the most, amount of reps based on population and wealth, virginia was the biggest state in the union. bicameral, with house and senate. House controls money, initiates bills, stu like that. the senate (federal level) can veto every and any state law that they disagree with. like the house of lords, consideration body. the cool, more deliberate body that also chooses. President and isn"t voted in by the people. (house is voted in). (madison wanted to grind the states" power to dust, but.
