POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Johnny Isakson, Jody Hice, Michelle Nunn

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 1101
• Professor: Michael Lynch

Document Summary

Study guide: collective action and founding fathers (chapter 2) Declaration of independence: document written to break away from great britain. Articles of confederation: the first attempt at a new american gov"t. Congress could not enforce payment from states to help pay for war. U. s. gov"t owed money due to war costs, but they had no way to make states pay their fair share. Republicanism: gov"t in which elected leaders represent the views of the people. Natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (the declaration of. Upholding these rights should be the government"s central purpose. Federalists: those at the constitutional convention who favored a strong national gov"t and a system of separated powers. Antifederalists: those at the constitutional convention who favored strong state gov"t and feared that a strong national gov"t would be a threat to individual rights. Constitutional convention: meeting of delegates in which the purpose was to reshape the.