Part 42 (2/2)

--7. For what other purpose did congress need the power to lay duties?

How had Great Britain secured the carrying trade?

--8. What other trouble arose from this imperfect union?

--9. How was this difficulty sought to be remedied?

--10. What was the result of the meeting at Annapolis?

--11. In what did the recommending of a convention result? How was the const.i.tution ratified in the states?

--12. To give it effect, how many states must ratify? When were ratifications received from Rhode Island and North Carolina?

Chapter XXVIII.

--2. What is a confederacy? Was the confederation a union of people? or a union of states? From what does this appear?

--3. What is the union under the const.i.tution? Where is this declared?

--4. What is said of the former independence of the states? What power has the general government acquired by the const.i.tution?

--5. How did the equality of the states in the old congress appear? To how many delegates were they ent.i.tled? How did they vote?

--6. How are the states now represented? How do representatives vote?

--7. State the difference between the bodies that framed and ratified the two instruments respectively.

--8. Was the government under the confederation properly _national_? How does it appear that it was not? What change did the const.i.tution effect?

--9. What early act of the const.i.tutional convention shows the present government to be national?

--10. What departments of power were wanting under the confederation?

--11. Is the present government wholly national? Why not?

Chapter XXIX.

--1. Of what does congress consist? For what terms were members of the old congress appointed? Why has the term of a representative been extended to two years?

--2. What qualifications are required for voting for representatives?

What reasons were there for this rule?

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