POL S 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Supremacy Clause, Enumerated Powers, Direct Democracy
5 Oct 2017
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Declaration of independence: declaration of independence 1776, explained why the colonists wanted to break free from great. Britain: second continental congress, thomas jefferson (v), benjamin franklin (p), roger. 1791, ensure certain rights and liberties to the people: separation of powers the division of governmental power among several institutions that must cooperate in decision making. 10 amendments: the constitution set forth rules for its own ratification, the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) li(cid:373)its the (cid:374)atio(cid:374)al go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s po(cid:449)er, article i = legislature, article ii = executive, article iii = judicial. Ratification of the constitution was difficult: federalists supported the constitution proposed at the american. Constitutional convention of 1787 and preferred a strong national government, better organized than the antifederalists: antifederalists favored strong state governments and a weak national government, and opposed the document produced at the. Constitutional convention, preferred a federal system of government that was decentralized: federalists and antifederalists fought bitterly over the wisdom of the new document.
