HIST 012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Strike Action, Prison Reform
Document Summary
Creating a virtuous republic: required three main steps. If citizens did not sacri ce for the common good of the whole governmentt could not survive. When citizens sought to improve their own economic conditions, the nation would bene t. Articles of confederation 1781: predecessor to the constitution, gave birth to a formal, unicameral (one body) government, too inef cient and unwieldy, each state had one vote in congress, did not resolve dispute on power distribution. A white mans republic: the republic was exclusively a white male enterprise, especially those of the better sort. women excluded, poorer whites could rise by buying slaves, being black became synonymous with being a slave. The bill of rights: some leaders insisted on a bill of rights that would protect common citizens from tyranny, became the rst ten amendments (changes or additions) to the u. s. constitution.
