Unit 3 Assessment
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- We shall be a perpetual union!
- The Articles of Confederation was the first ever written Constitution. It was drafted by Congress in 1777 and ratified 4 years later.
- Facts homies
- I shall call it the Ordinance of 1784. This will set up stages of self-government in the West.
- In the 1780s, Congress created Land Ordinances which were a series of measures that let western land be settled and marketed. These include the Ordinance of 1984 (by Thomas Jefferson in this scene), Ordinance of 1985, and Northwest Ordinance of 1987.
- Cool brodie. We need more stuff like this.
- We will create a new Constitution with a better structure of government!
- The Constitutional Convention was when 55 men came to eliminate the Articles of Confederation and create a new Constitution with a checks and balances system and division of powers.
- Great idea Benny boy!
- Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison wrote The Federalist which was 85 essays for why the Constitution should be ratified. Federalists were in favor of the Constitution.
- We need the new Constitution to be ratified ASAP! We need liberty!
- Meanwhile, Anti-Federalists were against the Constitution's ratification and said that it lacked a Bill of Rights which is necessary for the Constitution.
- The Constitution does not need to be ratified!
- Federalist's are scrubs, we need a Bill of Rights.
- The government did not want the Indians to have control of the West. Therefore the Treaty of Greenville made the Indians of Ohio and Indiana give up their land to the federal government, but the annuity system gives the Indians yearly grants of money from the government.
- Why?! We live here! Ugh!
- Give us your land!
- In 1801, Thomas Jefferson was president. He reduced the importance of national government and dismantle the Federalist system. He created the Sedition Act and the number of people who worked for the government decreased under his power.
- I will limit government involvement and destroy the Federalist system!
- Federalist John Marshall was head of the Supreme Court and gave the Court power to review laws of the states and Congress. The first time this happened was in the case of Murbury v. Madison and judicial review became present which was when an act of Congress is or isn't against the Constitution.
- That is unconstitutional!
- 200 Years Later...
- Today, the government is organized with the Constitution, laws and three branches which are the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative. As of today, the troubles of our government have decreased a lot since when the Constitution was first made. A lot of Acts were created and wars occurred because of the struggle to establish a government back then. Despite wars happening currently, the government is well-established and is organized to where there are not really any struggles to confirm our system of government.
- Freedom's pretty cool homie. I'm glad we got the Constitution my guy.
- Facts. The Constitution and U.S. Government slaps.
- THE END
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