LIFE UNDER THE ARTICLES
This was something the national government could not do under the Articles, even when it needed money.
What is collecting taxes?
This event involved farmers protesting debt and taxes in Massachusetts.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This meeting was originally called to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Federalists believed a strong national government was needed to do this.
What is maintain order or protect the nation?
Anti-Federalists feared the national government would take power away from these.
What are the states or the people?
Under the Articles, this level of government held most of the power.
What are the states?
Shays’ Rebellion showed that the national government was weak because it could not do this.
What is stop internal conflict or raise an army?
Instead of fixing the Articles, the delegates decided to do this.
What is write a new Constitution?
This branch, according to Federalists, needed enough power to enforce laws.
What is the executive branch?
This missing feature of the Constitution worried Anti-Federalists the most.
What is a Bill of Rights?
Because Congress lacked this power, states often ignored national laws.
What is the power to enforce laws?
This rebellion helped convince leaders to meet and talk about fixing the government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This compromise balanced state equality and population-based representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
Anti-Federalists believed this branch could become too powerful.
What is the executive branch?
This problem made it hard for the nation to pay its debts or fund an army.
What is the lack of taxing power?
This system was created to prevent any one part of government from becoming too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This was the Anti-Federalists’ biggest concern about the Constitution overall.
What is loss of individual liberties?
This phrase describes how the Articles created cooperation, but not strong unity.
What is a “league of friendship”?