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Debate over Ratification

Debate over Ratification. Purposes of the Constitution. “.

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Debate over Ratification

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  1. Debate over Ratification

  2. Purposes of the Constitution “ We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. “

  3. Purposes of the Constitution

  4. LIMITING POWER: • Separation of Powers: • Divide the power between 3 branches. • Checks and Balances: • Have each branch keep an eye on the other 2. • This keeps any branch from becoming too powerful. • Federalism: • Don’t let the federal government have all the power. Split the power with the states.

  5. Ratification Samuel Adams Patrick Henry Alexander Hamilton

  6. What was the argument about? • The main concern of the Anti-Federalists was that the new government threatened individual rights. • The Federalists promised to amend the Constitution with a Bill of Rights after ratification.

  7. Ratification • The Constitution had to be ratified by 9 out of the 13 states to take effect. • The first state to ratify it was Delaware. • New York was the 11th state to ratify it. (1788) • The Constitution became the Supreme Law of the Land.

  8. The Bill of Rights • The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights. • What are some of our rights? SPEECH RELIGION PRESS RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE RIGHT TO PETITION RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS NO SOLDIERS IN YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY NO SEARCH WITHOUT A WARRANT

  9. Some Important Amendments

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