GOVT 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: State Cessions, Puritans, Northwest Ordinance
18 Jun 2018
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ā¢pre-urbanization, societies centered around kinship/tribal membership
ā¢still exists today in a form
ā¢different languages/cultures among EU members
Hierarchy/Conquest Government
ā¢dominant ļ¬gure at the top
ā¢imposes will on society: little choice
ā¢most countries in past ruled like this
ā¢Ex: Iraq
Monarchs rule by divine right: chosen by God as ruler
covenant: moral agreement to bring 2 groups together
ā¢Biblical in nature+origin
ā¢between humans and God
ā¢moral and not legally binding
ā¢covenants picked up by Protestants, bring idea to New England
ā¢First federations founded by Puritans in MA
Articles of Confederation:
ā¢ļ¬rst constitution like document in US
ā¢ratiļ¬ed in 1781
ā¢Western land claims were huge issue
ā¢states like PA and NY claimed their territory stretched to West Coast
ā¢gave up their claims to convince small states to join
ā¢territories seeded to thee union itself
ā¢No Bill of Rights
ā¢state constitutions had explicit constituent rights
ā¢set many precedents for Constitution
ā¢āperpetual unionā
ā¢privileges and immunities
ā¢common market
ā¢extradition
ā¢full faith and credit
ā¢no right of succession
Strengths of Articles
ā¢many federal powers
