HIST 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Montesquieu
16 Nov 2016
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Constitution is a compromise over the key leader"s ideas and input. Shrinking proportion of all people (men who owned land) can actually vote and have say in government. Montesquieu said he believed all people should have the right to vote. Articles of confederation: each state retains sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right not explicitly given to congress. Establishing the correct rights for those that are being poorly treated. Daniel shay starts having meetings with neighbors about debt and needed payments. Uprising of 4,000 armed farmers began to rise against the government. They march to federal arms house in springfield, but pushed back (lasts several months) George washington comes out of retirement to suppress the rebellion. France doesn"t know if the united states are treaty worthy (strong and connected enough to be alliances with) Promote the general welfare is about balancing differences such as large vs. small states,
