There was a huge debate over representation leading to the creation of Congress. Larger states supported the Virginia Plan which proposed a bicameral gov’t and a legislature based on the state population. Smaller states liked the idea of the New Jersey plan which proposed a unicameral government.

What was the debate between North and South over counting slave populations? they counted each three fifths of slaves as one person. How did delegates’ views differ on the issue of the foreign slave trade? some delegates thought that slavery was wrong and others thought that it was greatly needed.

States could refuse to send soldiers, making it difficult to defend the nation. Each state only had one vote in Congress, regardless of its population. The citizens of small states had proportionally more political power than the citizens of large states. The national government had no executive branch.

What did Southern states give up in debates over trade issues? -Aside from delaying any ban on the slave trade, the Constitution placed few limits on Congress’s power to regulate trade. Southerners, however succeeded in banning Congress from taxing exports because Southern economies depended on exports.

If they didn’t, our society could not operate properly. There would be no laws, rules or regulations regarding the environment, traffic safety devices, or repair of streets and roads. Sidewalks wouldn’t be shoveled and open to the public. Crimes would be committed, and there would be no punishment or rehabilitation.

The main objective of the constitution was to frontier the power of the monarchy. Instead of being concentrated in single hands, these powers were divided to different institutions or bodies such as legislature, judiciary and execution. This change made France a constitutional monarchy.

France shall be an indivisible, secular, democratic and social Republic. It shall ensure the equality of all citizens before the law, without distinction of origin, race or religion. It shall respect all beliefs. It shall be organised on a decentralized basis.

Oct

The Fifth Republic emerged from the collapse of the Fourth Republic, replacing the former parliamentary republic with a semi-presidential (or dual-executive) system that split powers between a prime minister as head of government and a president as head of state.

There have been five republics in the history of France:

• French First Republic (1792–1804)
• French Second Republic (1848–1852)
• French Third Republic (1870–1940)
• French Fourth Republic (1946–1958)
• French Fifth Republic (1958–present)

Constitution of 1791, French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting.

The constitution was not egalitarian by today’s standards. It distinguished between the propertied active citizens and the poorer passive citizens. Women lacked rights to liberties such as education, freedom to speak, write, print and worship.

Specifically, the French Constitution incorporates the Declaration of Human and Civic Rights of 1789, which protects freedom of speech. In other words, the French Constitution recognizes freedom of speech, but also explicitly allows legislation that would limit it.

Louis XVI

As of 2019, there are 44 sovereign states in the world with a monarch as Head of state. There are 13 in Asia, 12 in Europe, 10 in North America, 6 in Oceania and 3 in Africa.