MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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the people (wink ____ wink)
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the national government
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women and African Americans
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slaves
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Detailed explanation-1: -The delegates generally agreed on the need for a separate executive independent of the legislature. (The executive would be called the “president.”) And they also agreed on giving the president the power to veto laws but only if his veto was subject to an override.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the spring of 1787, New York’s Legislature chose Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing, Jr. and Robert Yates as its delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.
Detailed explanation-4: -But realizing that the central government had to have real power, the delegates also generally accepted the fact that the government should be authorized, among other things, to coin money, to regulate commerce, to declare war, and to make peace.