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Social Contract within Declaration of Independence That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, Social Contract Theory Agreement between the government and the governed: the government and the people Contract states that the people will follow the rules of the government so long as the government looks out for their best interest. When the government stops looking out for the people, the people have a right to abolish the government. People agree to give up part of their freedom to a government in exchange for protection of natural rights Constitutional Convention 1787 in Philadelphia Purpose: To Revise the Articles of Confederation which weren’t working 12 of 13 states attended: Rhode Island didn’t Federalists vs. Anti-federalists Federalists wanted to strengthen the national government Anti-Federalists wanted states’ and people to maintain the power The Great Compromise The two plans Virginia Plan: representation based on states’ population New Jersey Plan: Equal representation The Great Compromise(Connecticut Compromise) 2 house legislature-bicameral Senate based on equal representation(2 per state) House of Representatives based based on states’ population as determined by census every 10 years The Three-Fifths Compromise Delegates agreed that every 5 enslaved persons would count as 3 free people 3/5 of the slave population in each state would be used in determining representation in Congress and for taxing purposes as well Articles of Confederation Our first national government in the United States It DID NOT WORK Difficult to pass legislation 9 of 13 to pass laws Couldn’t settle disputes No judiciary Couldn’t enforce laws No executive RESULT WEAKNESS First Political Parties Democratic-Republicans Federalists Thom