PSC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sugar Act, Learning Technology Partners, 6 Years
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Electoral college: how presidents are voted into office. 538 votes that determine who the president will be. 100 senators (2 per state) + 438 representatives (by population) = 538. Example: its how bush won in 2000, even though gore received more votes. Body of electors chosen by the voters in each state to elect president and vice president. Protestors of the electoral college try to abolish it because it denies popularity and over-represents rural/country states. Electoral college cannot be overturned because it would require altering the constitution. Called for 2 house legislature with representation based on population. Called for single legislative house with equal representation for each state. The great compromise: mixture of both the virginia plan and the new jersey plan. Compromise: gave 60% of slave population a count for representation. Royal proclamation closed off frontier to westward expansion. British instituted first internal taxes in north america after winning the expensive seven years war:
