U.S. Constitution

1. U.S. Constitution Manny Alcala and Basil Jurdi Period 3 December 2009

2. The Executive Branch Headed by the President President is the commander in Chief, Chief legislature and Head diploma There have been 44 Presidents Described in Article II of the Constitution

3. The Judicial Branch • Headed by the Supreme court • Ensures laws are carried out carefully • This branch of government usually consists of a court of final appeal The Judicial branch has the power to change laws

4. The Legislative Brach • In separation of powers doctrine, the legislature in a presidential system is considered a power branch which is coequal to and independent of the both the judiciary and the executive. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise taxes and adopt the budget and other money bills.

5. Bill of Rights Is meant to protect peoples rights and to Make sure government does not take away those rights

7. The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles advocating the ratification of the United States Constitution. Seventy-seven of the essays were published serially in The Independent Journal and The New York Packet between October 1787 and August 1788. A compilation of these and eight others, called The Federalist; or, The New Constitution, was published in two volumes in 1788 by J. and A. McLean. The series correct title is The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the twentieth century.

8. Judicial branch declares Presidents Actions Unconstitutional and declares Laws Unconstitutional Executive branch recommends Legislation Veto Bills and Appoints Judges Legislative branch Approves Judges and Pass Bills

9. Constitutional Convention A constitutional convention is a gathering for the purpose of writing a new constitution or revising an existing constitution. A general constitutional convention called to create the first constitution of a political unit or to entirely replace an existing constitution. An unlimited constitutional convention is called to revise an existing constitution to the extent that it deems to be proper, whereas a limited constitutional convention is restricted to revising only the areas of the current constitution named in the convention's call, the legal mandate establishing the convention. In the case of the Philadelphia Convention, delegates met for the "sole purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation." George Washington was elected president of this convention. Once the body convened, meeting and deliberations were conducted in secrecy with James Madison serving as recorder. It was rapidly decided that the body would ignore the limitations of its call and propose the replacement of the Articles with an entirely new basic instrument of government.

10. Northwest Ordinance • The Northwest Ordinance of 1785set up the Northwest Territory, comprising an area including the present state of Ohio and extending westward and northward to the Mississippi River and present-day Canada.. Thomas Jefferson's 1784 proposal for names of the states to be formed out of this area are listed here with an accompanying map. Click on image at right for another view which is taken from the "Historical Map of the Old Northwest Territory" produced by the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission of Minnesota in 1937.