In attendance...
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| Alexander Hamilton |
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| James Madison Father of the Constitution |
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| Ben Franklin |
Oh....wait
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| Ben Franklin |
The bottom line:
Since a unitary system (British crown governance) is abhorrent to the Americans, yet the confederal system (US under the Articles) didn't work, what are they to do? Is there anyway to revise the Articles to make them function?
Short answer: No
Madisonian Model
a federal republic with vast separation of powers contained within and a system of power-checks
(see figure 2-2 on p 51)
or this diagram
Compromises
Great
3/5
Electoral College
Regulation of trade/ excise taxes
Justices of the Supreme Court
What they ended up with
- popular sovereignty
- republican government
- limited government w/ written laws
- separation of powers w/ checks
- federal system that allows for certain sovereign state rights
