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Explain the Preamble
to the U.S. Constitution
– both what a
‘preamble’ is and what
it says about the goals
of the government
under the Constitution.
Discuss why many
of our nation’s
earliest leaders
considered
readily available
land to be an
essential
component of
democracy.
Discuss the
many
compromises
made at the
Constitutional
Convention
regarding
representation,
strong vs. weak
central government,
and especially the
three involving
slavery in some way.
Which were most
important and why?
John Adams wrote
Explain the Preamble
that “Power always
to the U.S. Constitution follows Property...
{and} the Ballance
– both what a
‘preamble’ is and what of Power in a Society,
accompanies the
it says about the goals
Ballance of Property
of the government
in Land. The only
under the Constitution. possible Way then of
preserving the Ballance
Discuss the many
of Power on the side of
compromises made at
equal Liberty and public
the Constitutional
Virtue, is to make the
Convention regarding
Acquisition of Land easy to
representation, strong
every Member of society…”
vs. weak central
What did he mean by this
government, and
and how did this thinking
shape the choices of the U.S.
especially the three
involving slavery in some in the 19th century?
way. Which were most
important and why?