did not provide a bill of rights to protect individual liberties against a tyrannical government.

did not provide for an adequate separation of powers.

failed to provide suffrage to all citizens regardless of whether or not they owned property.

gave too much power to the Supreme Court and federal judges.

The objective of expanding slavery in the United States

The vision of the United States as an agricultural republic

The hope for the United States to acquire overseas territories

The plan for the United States to develop industry comparable to Britain’s

The acquisition of Florida from Spain

The purchase of the Louisiana territory from France

The securing of navigation rights on the Mississippi River

The use of federal funds for the building of the National Road

prohibited slavery from future territorial acquisitions.

closed most of the Louisiana Purchase to slavery.

provided for the gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri.

excluded slavery from all territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River.

political participation by the common man should be increased.

an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic.

political rights should be granted to women.

franchise restrictions should be radically neutral.

develop a written legal code and constitution.

develop a Cherokee writing system.

support antislavery reform.

promote education and schools.

Encouraging individuals to settle west of the Mississippi River

Using federal power to forcibly relocate American Indian groups

Allowing territories to determine whether slavery should be legal within their borders

Rejecting the Supreme Court’s power to determine constitutionality of laws