chapter 8 Experience History Outline
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US History [1]
Republican Experiments After Independence Am?s best pol minds turned to drawing up constitutions for individual states Belief In the Need for Small Republics The state constitutions were crucial republican experiments. All the revolutionaries agreed that the people- not a king or a few privileged aristocrats- should rule. The State Constitutions The new state constitutions retained the basic form of their old colonial gov?ts, all except Georgia & Penn providing for a governor and a bicameral legislature. Curbing Executive Power To ensure popular liberty, the new states either accorded almost or no power to their gov?rs or abolished that office completely Strengthening Legislative Power