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Forming A New Government
Forming A New Government
Ratified on March 1, 1781, the Articles of Confederation served as the United States' first constitution.
The Great Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement struck at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that helped lay the foundation for the structure of the American government.
The Three Fifths Compromise was an agreement made in 1787 by the delegates of the Constitutional Convention saying that three fifths of a state’s slave population would count towards its total population, a number which was used for determining representation in Congress and the tax obligations of each state.
The Electoral College is how we refer to the process by which the United States elects the President, even though that term does not appear in the U.S. Constitution. In this process, the States (which includes the District of Columbia just for this process) elect the President and Vice President.
The Constitution of the United States divides the federal government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. This ensures that no individual or group will have too much power.
The executive branch carries out and enforces laws. It includes the president, vice president, the Cabinet, executive departments, independent agencies, and other boards, commissions, and committees.
The U.S. Constitution outlines that their should be two chambers of Congress. The House of Representatives with proportional representation and the Senate with equal representation. Together the two chambers draft legislation to be enacted into law.
Oyez is a free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Justia, and Chicago-Kent College of Law—is a multimedia archive devoted to making the Supreme Court of the United States accessible to everyone.
The US Courts website is the official Government site for out State and Federal Court system.
A highly accessible, easy-to-use online version full-text transcript of the US Constitution including Bill of Rights and 27 Amendments.
The framers of the Constitution wanted a system of government that would prevent the tyranny that they experienced under the rule of the British monarchy.
North Carolina will have new State and Congressional Districts in place for 2022 elections. The General Assembly provides an interactive map to help you find your current representative for the NC House, NC Senate, and US Congress.
Political factions or parties began to form during the struggle over ratification of the federal Constitution of 1787. Friction between them increased as attention shifted from the creation of a new federal government to the question of how powerful that federal government would be.
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