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- Not supported by the Anti-Federalists
- Supported by the Federalists
- The Constitution
- Ratified June 21, 1788
- Effective March 4, 1789
- Congress and only Congresscan make laws.
- The House of Representatives and The Senate were established, making a bicameral legislature.
- Article One
- All taxes & tariffs must originate in the House of Representatives.
- Each state gets two seats in Senate.
- This article grants the President "executive power."
- The Electoral College was established.
- Article Two
- The president can negotiate foreign treaties
- The president can be impeached before the end of his term.
- Congress creates Supreme Court, giving it "all judicial power of the U.S."
- Federal courts decide cases with federal law, problems with different states or problems within one state
- Article Three
- Someone accused of a crime has the right to trial in front of a jury instead of just the judge.
- A certain state can't discriminate against residents of other states
- States that capture fugitives from other states have to send them back for trial.
- Articles Four & Five
- The constitution can be changed. It needs to be proposed by 2/3 vote in both houses and then ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures.
- The new US govt. promised to take on all old debts from the older, national government.
- Articles Six & Seven
- The Framers decided that 9 out of 13 states would be enough to ratify the constitution.
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