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John Locke 1632-1734
John Locke influenced the american government by having the ideas that No king rules absolutely, the idea of natural rights, the idea of State of nature, and the idea of a social compact. a good link for this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Secondat,_baron_de_Montesquieu -
Montesquieu 1689 to 1755
Montesquieu ifluenced the government by giving them the ideas of seperate powers and balance powers, and a republican government. He also gave the ideas of checks and balances. a good site for this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke -
problems with the articles
the articles of confederation had some problems though.
-no national executive
-no national court system
-national government could not collect taxes
-national government could not raise an army
-national government could not regulate trade. -
articles of confederation
The articles of confederation was americas first government.
The articles of confederation included giving power to the states, and congress. the power that was given to congress was to wage war, make peace, sign treaties, and mint (make) money.
The power that was givin to the states was that they had the right to tax there own citizens. the sates could also enforce the laws. -
Philidalphia convention
the outcome of the philidalphia convention was:
-they decided that they needed a new government. they went there planning on fixing the articles of confederation, but decided to make a totally new government. they thought of the constitution -
constitution september 17, 1787
the constiution was a government that had a legislative branch, which made laws and that had the congress and house of representatives. The constitution also had and executive branch, which enforced the lawa that where made. the executive branch included the president. The judicial branch was also in the constitution. this branch iterprets laws. this branch has the supreme court. -
ratification process
the constitution in order to be legal and americas government, had to be ratified by the states. larger states joined in quick for the constitution. but smaller states held back for a couple of years, but then joined in also. -
domestic issues of washingtons presidency
With being a the first president of a brand new nation, Washington had a lot of problems to face. the problems in the nation that he had to face were called domestic problems. some domestic problems were the whiskey rebellion, which farmers rebelled against the tax on whiskey. and the securing of the NW territory. Washington had to secure this territory from the indians that were already there and that were attacking the white settlers. Washington sent troops to attack the indians and won. -
washingtons presidency
washington was president from 1789-1797. washington face many problems in seting up the new government because he was the first president. washington also new that whatever he would do would probably become a tradition and an outline for future presidents. so washington had a lot to deal with in his presidency. -
foriegn problems
other problems that washington had were domestic problems. some domestic problems that he had to face was the war between the french and british. since america was allies with both countries, he had a choice to make. washington chose to stay neutral. other problems that he faced was securing the NW territory from other countries. when british heard about the fight against the indians, they backed out of the territory because they didnt want any fighting. -
arguments over constitutional interpretation
with the constitution made, different people thought of interpreting the constitution differently. some people thought to interpret the constitution lightly. some people interpreted it more heavily and said that if it isnt in the constitution, then its against the law. -
political parties
one of the first things that washington warned us to do was to stay away from political parties. but, just a couple of years after washingtons presidency, politics split up into political parties, democratic republicans vs. federalists. -
Rome Rupublic/ Cincinnatus 519bc to 430bc
Rome Republic/ cincinnatus influenced the government by giving the ideas of republicanism, limited government, civic virtue (common good/welfare) republican form of government, and popular soveregnty. Cincinnatus was a farmer, but he was really smart. The government came to him one day and asked him to leave and command the army. He agread to go, and he won the war. A good link for this is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic
