1. The Constitution of 1787 attempted to resolve agreements on regulating trade, taxing, protecting private property, and several other weaknesses the Articles of Confederation did not fixate on. Another controversial topic in the Constitutional Convention was the question on representation. Two different plans were presented: the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan wanted representation to depend on the population within a state, a national government with three branches, and one house that would elect the people in a second house. The New Jersey Plan was quite the opposite. It favored the one vote per state, or equal representation system. 2. The Federalist Papers played a very important role in the battle over ratification …show more content…
One of the foreign entanglements and questions of foreign policy Jefferson had to deal with during his presidency was the Louisiana Purchase. He feared that because the Constitution never stated anything about acquiring new lands, people would get mad at him for violating his own principle. He believed that the acts stated in the Constitution should not be violated. Yet, he was doing this by purchasing Louisiana from Napoleon. 10. The consequences of the War of 1812 were very severe. New England despised the Federalist Party, which tried to secede from the Union. This led to the downfall of the Federalist Party. The US faced several defeats by the British, who were in much debt by the end of the war. Eventually, relationships between British and the US improved. The Native Americans faced the worst consequences as a result of the war. They continuously faces white expansionism and they had no rights to defend their land. 11. The War of 1812 stimulated the national economy by allowing America to continue economic growth and territorial expansion. Republicans had hopes for a simple agrarian society. The war exposed the inefficiency of the transportation and financial systems. It also caused the growth of manufacturing by cutting off imports, producing chaos in shipping and banking. The war also emphasized the nation’s need for another national
pd.2 The War Of 1812 In the War of 1812, the Us went up against the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain. In a conflict that would impacted on the young country’s future. The immediate causes of the war of 1812 were a series of economic sanctions taken by the british and french against the us as part of the napoleonic wars and american outrage at the british practice of the impressment especially after the chesapeake incident of 1807.
The Seven Years War had a long reaching effect on large numbers of people. The interruption of New York commerce was an unintended effect of the war, however it had consequences which could not have been predicted by the British policy makers. The tenacity of the New York businessmen threw a wrench in the cogs of the British war machine and changed the state of the economy permanently. Eventually leading to the American Revolution (Truxes
In hopes to guarantee an unbiased selection of State representatives, Patterson’s plan declared to have a single-chamber legislative branch. Similar to the Articles of Confederation, each state would have equal number of votes and representation under one legislative body. Under New Jersey’s plan, the legislature could regulate foreign and interstate commerce, and levy some tariffs. Resembling the Virginia Plan, the legislature also appoints who serves in the executive branch, but the executive branch selects the
This plan proposed that there would be a unicameral legislature, which would give each state one vote, just like the articles of confederation had. There would also be an executive branch with more than one officer that held little power, instead of just one president, and a supreme court. Since this plan kept the one-state/ one-vote system, it was strongly supported by small state. This plan also had opposition, and it was clear that a compromise needed to be made between the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey
In 1787, delegates met in Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia to come up with varied views that spearheaded the formation of the Constitution of the USA that came into existence allowing the powers of the federal government to exceed those of the federal states. Several issues were proposed by different individuals to be adopted into the constitution of the country. They include, The Annapolis Conference, Paterson and the New Jersey Plan. The question of power, Madison and the Virginia Plan; Empowering a president plan among many others (Vile, 2006). The Virginia plan was the mother of the US constitution as it proposed several issues that are present in the constitution of America.
The Battle of New Orleans was the most celebrated and brilliant battle of the war, but it happened after the war was over. The War of 1812 was an extension of American Revolution to some degree and it led America towards independence. During the war, English gave up its maritime policies and became an ally with the United States ever since. The war caused no geographical change but peace between the United States and Britain. All the causes of the war disappeared after the war between England and France
However, William Paterson proposed the New Jersey plan, which received an equal amount of support from the smaller states. This conflict nearly tore the convention apart, but Roger Sherman came up with the Great Compromise, or the Connecticut Compromise. The compromise proposed of having two houses, one of which would be based on proportional representation, and the other being of equal
This proved detrimental to US economy because all of the money and resources put into the war were lost and it left the US economy in a
The Virgina Plan wanted state representation based on population, while the New Jersey Plan wanted the states to have equal representation. This was resolved by the Great Compromise that created the House of Representatives (based on population) and the Senate (equal representation). The Constitution was created due to the weakness of government caused by the Articles of Confederation. The Federalists wanted the new Constitution and a stronger government. The Anti-Federlaists opposed the new constitution and didn’t want a strong central government.
In 1787 a Constitutional Convention was held to revise the Articles of Confederation (AOC). Instead of revising the AOC, they created a brand new constitution. During the convention, several new plans of government were proposed. At the convention, there were two plans. The Virginia plan was the big state plan and called for a bicameral legislature based on population.
There were two plans proposed to the convention. The Virginia plan planned to establish three branches of government, two separate houses of Congress, and allowed the federal government to veto local state laws. This plan was opposed by smaller states because they would have little influence in decisions made by Congress. However this was appealing the larger states because they would be more influential and their opinion would be valued more than smaller states. The New Jersey Plan planned to have a one house Congress, and establish executive and judicial branches of government.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 also solved major two internal conflicts within the nation. One was between Federal Government and State Government while the other was among the branches within the federal government. Because the Framers feared the national authority would grow too powerful, they designed it to be divided into three branches, which check and balance the power of each other. The establishment of the Supreme Court was a protection of the minority while two other branches utilized power from the majority population. Therefore, this could reduce the growth in power of the federal government, keeping the state government safe.
The purpose of the convention was to form a better and stronger form of United States Constitution. Some important figures in the convention included the former commander in chief, George Washington; Benjamin Franklin-a well-educated man who had made many advances in science, John Dickinson, a Princeton-educated man, and James Madison-wanted to make a bold-yet balanced government. (history.state.gov Constitutional Convention and Ratification) The main ideas assessed in The Constitutional Convention were varied, from the idea of popular serenity (the idea that the majority of a vote is usually correct), the separation of powers in government, and to define states laws.
The biggest dramatic change that was caused by the war was that we got our political independence for England. There were really no economic or social changes that came from fighting this war, if anything the only other changes were negative economic changes. One of the documents was a chart that showed how people were doing economically
There were many divisions during the constitutional convention. One of the most important divisions was the debate between The Virginia plan or The New Jersey Plan. The Virginia Plan, also known as the large states plan, would want to discard of the articles of confederations, create two houses within congress, and determine who gets these seats in congress by population. This plan heavily favors large states and low populations states disagreed and created an alternative. The New Jersey Plan was the alternative to the Virginia Plan.