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Was george mason an anti-federalist?
James Madison was a Federalist. As a delegate to the US Constitutional Convention, he argued for a strong central government with a system of checks and balances. He also made his federalist positions clear as a contributor to the Federalist Papers. Later, in 1808 he was elected to the US presidency. He served from 1809 to 1817. Madison was the fourth US president. Additionally, in order to have the new constitution ratified, he added the Bill of Rights. He believed the bill was unnecessary as there was nothing in the constitution that kept these rights that already existed in the former members of the Federation. Actually Madison drafted 12 items to the Bill of Rights but the convention only passed 10 of them.
What are amendments 9 and 10 for?
They are part of the constitution
What do you call changes to the constitution?
In the US, changes made to the US Constitution are called Amendments. Excluding the 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights, the most important one can be the 13th amendment which abolished slavery in the USA.
Was secession in the US illegal in 1861?
No, secession was neither forbidden nor illegal (use link below for authoritative source information). Virginia was one of 2 nation/states that made the ability to withdraw from the Union a condition of ratification of the Constitution. Those against southern states legally seceding promoted that the Southern states were trying to take down the Union, hence "rebellion" was the term used to permit the use of Federal troops to invade Virginia and other seceeding states. It was after the Civil War that law/laaws were amended or added requiring permission of the Federal Government to secede from the Union. Source: Online Entomology Dictionary, Legality of Secession. Sources for the article: "Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention," p.45. 2. "Federalist" No. 84. 3. "Federalist" No. 6. 4. "Federalist" No. 8. 5. "Farewell Address." 6. "Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution," vol. 18, p.295. 7. "Federalist" No. 84. 8. Jonathan Elliot, "The Debates of the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution." Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876, vol. II, p.232-233. 9. Clyde N. Wilson, forward to St. George Tucker, "View of the Constitution of the United States, with Selected Writings." Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999, p.vii. 10. ibid. 11. ibid., p.136.
What are the 10 amendment to the Constitution known as?
The first ten amendments to the constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. These amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791.
