BUS 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commerce Clause, Individual And Group Rights
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Constitution of the us is the greatest legal document. Effective in 1788 when new hampshire is the 9th state to ratify; first congress convenes and first president is inaugurated in 1789. The articles of confederation was the first governing document in the us. First nation in modern history founded on the idea that. States were governing themselves under the articles of confederation. But this gave the central government no real power. Farmers set out to draft a new document and to create a government. Because they just fought a war with a monarch. Iroquis indian nation had 5 tribes who governed themselves as to domestic issues. Large issues common to all the tribes, representatives were sent to a meeting of the. Benjamin franklin was impressed with this concept of federalism Create a national government divided into three branches, each independent and equal. First 10 amendments were added to the constitution (1791)
