Political Science 2244E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dysentery, Electoral College, Dont

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2244E
• Professor: Peter A Ferguson

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1787: only aristocrats and white men made the decisions, war of independence = usa won, revolutionary war = total luck that the usa won, country was massively divided even heading into the war. Finally washington"s commanders want to get troops out, so they set up a retreat and got out before british knew: british always have the americans but through a variety of mismanagement or odd. Sovereign states: no central gov to figure out what"s going on = can"t come together: come together when the threat of invasion from britain. The constitutional convention 1787: purpose = revise the articles, 4 months, wrote new constitution, background, shays rebellion (soldiers weren"t getting what they were promised) Framers: young but experienced white men, educated, hardened by revolutionary war, well read. Splits: central government power = how much power should gov have, ho(cid:449) to represe(cid:374)t states = (cid:271)ig states (cid:448)s s(cid:373)all states, sla(cid:448)e states (cid:448)s (cid:374)o(cid:374) sla(cid:448)e ho(cid:449) do (cid:449)e balance this, slavery.