POL SCI 40 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Free Rider Problem, Strategic Dominance, First Continental Congress

• School: UCLA
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL SCI 40
• Professor: Chris Tausanovitch

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Lecture 3: articles of confederation to the constitution. The priso(cid:374)er"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a why we have a constitution at all. Gb appointed governors and judges, but allowed colonies to appoint their own assemblies: assemblies also pay governors and judges. Colo(cid:374)ies re(cid:272)ei(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:271)e(cid:374)efits (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g u(cid:374)der gb"s (cid:271)elt. Gb great military protecting colonies: many threats without it; taking it for granted (1760s) gb indebted a lot after war, raised taxes. Led to destruction of tea at boston harbor (no taxation without representation: king takes that representation away from. Massachusetts (1774) first continental congress -> declaration of american rights (1775) second continental congress -> declaration of independence (1781) articles of confederation ratified. Decentralized governmental system: no national government, only agreement between states. But because they are all sovereign states, they decided whether to contribute or not: free ridi(cid:374)g, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:272)aused to priso(cid:374)er"s dile(cid:373)(cid:373)a. Madison: e(cid:448)er(cid:455)(cid:271)od(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to (cid:272)ooperate (cid:894)(cid:449)i(cid:374) (cid:449)ars a(cid:374)d a(cid:448)oid pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)s(cid:895), (cid:271)ut the(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t see(cid:373) to do so (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause s(cid:272)ared others (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t.