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Why did Delegates who believed the nation should have a single executive argue?
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What were the arguments for delegates who believed the nation should have a three member executive?
They felt this was a good idea
How did Delaware vote at the Constitutional Convention?
Delaware supported the idea that representation should be equal among all the states. this is because Delaware was a small state. Therefore they would have less representation. They also supported the idea of slaves not counting as population. this is because the South had more slaves then them. So if slaves did count, Delaware would still have a less population. Delaware also believed that there should be 3 branches in the government, the executive (president), the legislative (the congress) and the judicial (the supreme court). they also believed that the executive should have limited control because then the executive can't have total control. also the believed that the legislative and the judicial branch should be monitored by the state government (p.s. for more info go to archives.gov and type in: delegates of the constitutional convention in the search box.)
What did Charles cotesworth pinckney do at the convention?
He believed that the national legislature should have two houses. In the lower house , states should be represented based on their population. In the upper house, each state should have one vote, he believed that slaves should be counted equally with other people in determining a states representation in the national legislature, he believed that the executive should be elected by the national legislature
What did the philosopher Montesquieu believed in?
Montesquieu is best known as the originator of the concept of separation of powers between the three branches of government, the executive, judicial, and legislative, which forms the basis of the US Constitution. He was most often quoted by the founding fathers during the debate over the Constitution, with the exception of the Bible. The infamous forgery "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion" was an almost word for word copy of a French play "Conversations in Hell Between Montesquieu and Machiavelli"
Should a nation have freedom or ability to govern first before becoming independent?
Of course, a nation should have both because a nation will not have freedom if it doesn't have the ability to govern. The ability to govern is to make freedom for the nation and to make a nation independent.
What were the arguments for delegates who believed the nation should have a three member executive?
They felt this was a good idea
Why didn't the delegates agree on how the national executive shoul be chosen?
they couldn't decide on what color to paint the walls of the senatives room. so they got in an argument going on to the disagreement of the national executive and how they should be chosen !
Who was the philosopher who believed that a powerful king should rule a nation?
Thomas Hobbes believed in the concept of an absolute monarchy with a powerful king to maintain order and prevent chaos within a nation. In his work "Leviathan," he argued that a strong central authority was necessary to prevent a state of nature where life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
What was the central issue debated by the delegates at the second continential congress?
should the colonies declared themselves an independece nation,or should they stay under the british rule
How did Delaware vote at the Constitutional Convention?
Delaware supported the idea that representation should be equal among all the states. this is because Delaware was a small state. Therefore they would have less representation. They also supported the idea of slaves not counting as population. this is because the South had more slaves then them. So if slaves did count, Delaware would still have a less population. Delaware also believed that there should be 3 branches in the government, the executive (president), the legislative (the congress) and the judicial (the supreme court). they also believed that the executive should have limited control because then the executive can't have total control. also the believed that the legislative and the judicial branch should be monitored by the state government (p.s. for more info go to archives.gov and type in: delegates of the constitutional convention in the search box.)
James Madison believe the Delegates at constitutional convention could keep the revised articles of confederation as the government of the nation?
No because he supported a strong national government
What was one of the main reasons the delegates of the Second Continental Congress wrote the Declaration of Independence?
They believed they should inform other countries of their reasons for wanting independence.
What person believed the nation should change a farming economy to a manufacturing economy?
Martin Van Buren
In 1823 John Quincy Adams believed the nation should?
shift from a farming-based economy to a manufacturing one
What was the central issue by the delegates at the second continental congress?
that everyone was okay with a Monarchy, and it's CLEARLY NOT okay!!Should the colonies declare themselves an independent nation, or should they stay under British rule?
What were Rufus King's views on issues of the Constitution such as representation in Congress and how the Executive Branch should be led?
Rufus King believed that there should only be one leader in the executive branch (he later ran for president). He also agreed with the Virginia Plan which stated that representation should be based on population.
Why did franklin urge his fellow delegates to join him signing the constitution?
Benjamin Franklin knew that the delegates didn't all agree with everything that was written in the Constitution. He didn't agree with everything either, but compromises had been made and he felt everyone should set aside the "my way is best" notion and sign the document.
