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They established a system of checks and balances whereby they hoped to balance the different areas of government and prevent one area from taking over.
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Why did Patrick Henry refuse to be a delegate?
He feared states would lose power to a new national governmenthe feared that the delegates would try to create a strong national government
Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention want to change the structure of the existing central government?
The Articles were not strong enough to support a strong country. They were too weak and did not give the national government enough power. So, the delegates decided to come up with a new form of central governenment.
Who has more power the national government or the state government?
In the Constitution the states were intended to have more power, and now National Government has more power but not as much power as a State government has on a State. In other words National government has more power to the country but the state government has more power to the state.
A system of government that recognizes no formal limits on its power is what?
totalitarian
Which happened as result of the Annapolis Convention of 1786?
The meeting of the Philadelphia Convention and the ratification of the Articles of Confederation.
How does the establishment clause limits the power of the national government?
no
The federal system of government limits national power by?
Having two sovereigns, the national government and the state governments.
What did Delegates looked to the system to establish the sharing of power between national and state government's?
Federalism
Why did delegates settle on a federal form of government instead of a system in which power was not divided between state and national governments?
The delegates settled on a federal form of government instead of a system in which power was not divided between state and national government because they believed that it provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president), courts, and taxing powers.
On which clause of the Constitution regard national power?
There is no one clause addressing national (federal) government power. Practically the entire document is a collection of limits and blocks, and checks and balances set upon the power and authority of the federal government.
Why did Patrick Henry refuse to be a delegate?
He feared states would lose power to a new national governmenthe feared that the delegates would try to create a strong national government
What is the source of the national governments delegates power?
The US Constitution.
What beliefs did the delegates share and what divided them?
All the delegates believed that government had to protect peoples' rights to liberty and equality, and that a republic was the best form of government. The disagreement was about which people were entitled to vote and to hold office. They were divided over which should have more power, the individual states or national government.
What limits the government's power?
the constitution
What is the purpose for putting limits on government power?
Protect against government cruelty that limits the right of the people
Why did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention want to change the structure of the existing central government?
The Articles were not strong enough to support a strong country. They were too weak and did not give the national government enough power. So, the delegates decided to come up with a new form of central governenment.
What amendmeants deny power to the national government?
Amendments 1-8, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 27 all directly limit the power of the national government (though 11 affects only the Judiciary, not Congress or the Executive).Also, 15, 19, 24, and 26 limit the power of any government (national or state) to restrict voting rights. However, this is (practically speaking) mostly a limitation on the power of the states, as the national government doesn't regulate voter qualifications as a matter of course.Lastly, the Twenty-First Amendment technically limits national power, but only by taking away the power that the Eighteenth Amendment granted (the power to enact Prohibition of alcohol).
