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| 13848804416 | declaration of independence | -declare colonies independent from britain -philosophical justification -natural rights -popular sovereignty -list of grievances | 0 | |
| 13848804417 | articles of confederation | -established government -states had most of power -unicameral congress -no real executives or fed. court -shay's rébellion showed weakness | 1 | |
| 13848804418 | constitution | -lays out federal republic -bicameral legislature (great compromise) -checks and balances -anti-federalists calmed by federalist papers and bill of rights | 2 | |
| 13848804419 | brutus no. 1 (anti-federalist) | -fears that federal gov threatens states -constitution makes state constituons irrelevant -US too large in size and too diverse to be reduced to single federal gov | 3 | |
| 13848804420 | federalist no. 10 | -factions are dangerous -impossible to remove causes of factions -direct democracy prone to violence of factions, republic can control them -large republic better than small | 4 | |
| 13848804421 | federalist no. 51 | -separation of powers -checks and balances -legislative most powerful > bicaméralism and veto protects from abuse of power | 5 | |
| 13848804422 | federalist no. 70 | -single executive -multiple executives leads to inaction, conflict, division | 6 | |
| 13848804423 | federalist no. 78 | -lifetime terms for judges -judiciary is least threatening branch **first argument for judicial review | 7 | |
| 13848804424 | letter from birmingham jail | -non-violent direct action -exposes injustices of birmingham | 8 |
