POLSCI 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Connecticut Compromise, Supremacy Clause, Limited Government

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 111
• Professor: Kenneth Kollman

Document Summary

States didn"t pay their debts, didn"t contribute to common goals (collective action prob) Examples: had to requisition the states for money, collected only 20% of what the states owed, shay"s rebellion, states began to strike individual deals with foreign governments. To promote commerce and protect property from radical state legislatures. Some delegates favored a weak national government, some a strong. States with a large population wanted a system based on state population. States with a small population wanted equal representation for all states. Slave states wanted slaves counted fully when apportioning seats in the legislature. Non slave states insisted that slaves also be counted fully in apportioning costs associated with national government (reasoning: south considered slaves as property, and therefore wealth, so more costs should be put on the southern states) Virginia plan: two houses (upper and lower house) + executive. Number of reps decided by population in both houses, executive appointed by legislature.