Resolutions of 1787
Resolution 1
Should the Articles of Confederation be "revised" or should
the Articles be thrown away so that an entirely new plan of government
can be created?
The National Legislature
("Congress")
Resolution 2
Should the national legislature ("Congress") consist of
one house or two houses?
Resolution 3
Should state legislators elect members of Congress or should the
people (eligible voters) elect members of Congress?
Resolution 4
How long should a Congressman remain in office once he or she is
elected?
Resolution 5
Should here be a limit on the number of times a person can be elected
to Congress?
Resolution 6
How old should a person be before he or she is eligible to serve
in Congress?
Resolution 7
How many votes should each state get in Congress? Should the number
of voters that each state gets be based on…
a. the number of people who in each state (population)
b. the amount of tax money which the state contributes
to the national government
OR
c. should every state get the same number of votes?
Resolution 8
Should slaves be counted when deciding on how many votes each state
gets in Congress?
The National Executive (President)
Resolution 9
Should the national executive be made up of a single president or
a group of people?
Resolution 10
Who should be given the power to elect the president(s)?
a. members of congress
b. the people (eligible voters)
Resolution 11
How long should the president(s) serve, once elected to office?
Resolution 12
Should there be a limit on the number of times that a person can
be elected president?
Resolution 13
How old should a person be before they can serve as president?
Resolution 14
Should the President(s) have the power to veto laws passed by Congress?
The National Judiciary (Courts)
Resolution 15
Should the national government have a court with the power to
a. interpret the meanings of its own laws
b. interpret the meanings of state laws
c. decide cases which involve two or more states
Resolution 16
How many judges should serve on the Court of the United States?
Resolution 17
Should the judges who serve on the U.S. court be appointed by the
President, or Congress, or should they be elected by the people?
Resolution 18
How long about a judge serve once he or she takes office?
Slavery and the Slave Trade
Resolution 19
Should the national government have the power to prevent the increase
in slavery by…
a. making it illegal to import slaves
b. making slave owners pay a high tax for every slave
he buys
Resolution 20
Should states that allow slavery be required to pay higher taxes
to the United States government?
Relationship Between the
National Government and the State Government
Resolution 21
Should the national government have the power to veto decisions
made by state governments?
Resolution 22
Should the national government have the power to use military force
to uphold the laws passed by the national governments?
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