Type of Government: firm union of people
Mode of Ratification: ratification by three-fourths of state conventions or legislatures
Legislative Branch: bicameral legislature
Mode of Representation, Election, and Term in Office of Legislature: Senate and a House of Representatives; two senators represent each state, each senator with one vote; senators chosen by state legislatures until 17th amendment in 1913; one representative to the House for every 30k people in 1788, each representative with one vote; representatives chosen by a direct vote of the people for two-year terms
Executive Branch - one, separate executive branch, elected by the electoral college for four year term, no term limits until the 22nd amendment in 1951
Judicial Branch - separate Supreme Court and inferior courts established by Congress (Judiciary Act of 1789)
Taxes - Congress has the power to collect taxes; bills for raising revenue originate in the House
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