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Causes of The US consitution 1787
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US Civilisation Mind Map on Causes of The US consitution 1787, created by liberteplanche on 25/01/2014.
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Causes of The US consitution 1787
Declaration of indepedence july the 4th 1776
Creates the confederation congress: executive institution
Assembles the 13 colonies in one confederation
More of a treaty of friendship or alliance
Can declare war and institute foreign policy
Not much power (cannot levy taxes)
Fear from the people that there might be an attack on a country with such as weak executive
Inspired by English legal and political history
Mainly by the Magna Carta 1215
But also by political philosophers such as John Locke
Government with the consent of those governed
Rights of life: Liberty and property
Pure Liberal
Also trauma from British colonial rule
The Mayflower compact 1620
Settlers arrived in Cape cod Massachusets instead of Virginia
Established a political contract, an agreement
Inspired the constitution because "government with consent of the governed.
Also, written down by the pilgrims when the british never did.
Reformed the institutions: Federation vs confederation
Established three branches of power
Legislative: Congress (bicameral)
House of representatives
Representatives calculated according to the state's ppopulation
Senate
Each state gets two senators
Executive
judicial
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