POLS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: First Continental Congress, Tenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Quartering Acts
13 Nov 2016
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U. s began as a colony of britain: first settlement 1607. Stamp act(1765), quartering act (1765), tea act (1773), coercive act (1774) First continental congress: sept 5, 1774 @ philadelphia. Did not establish a national government but instead created a declaration of american. Created an observation committees to enforce boycotts. Selected members to second continental congress in 1775. Classical liberalism- protection of individual from government. Classical republicanism- government must be by consent of the governed. Popular sovereignty- citizens can rescind delegated authority. Confederation- a decentralized system drawing authority from the states rather than directly from the citizens. Articles of confederation: problems: weak national government. Could not pay war debts: key issues/fears. Government could not perform simple tasks: solutions: national supremacy, central: congress. Implied: inferred from power stated in constitution: executive branch: foreign policy and commanding an army. Key: supreme court: determine how far national supremacy could. Fear of too much power/tyranny stretch: solutions: Nature of a republic ( federalist paper #10)
