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What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A: Lack of a strong central government
What plan proposed representation based on population?
A: Virginia Plan
What principle means power comes from the people?
A: Popular sovereignty
Q: What rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles?
A: Shays’ Rebellion
Q: What compromise created a bicameral legislature?
A: Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
Q: What principle divides power between national and state governments?
A: Federalism
Q: Why couldn’t Congress raise an army under the Articles effectively?
A: It could not tax or compel states to provide troops
Q: What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise address?
A: Representation and taxation of enslaved people
Q: What principle prevents any branch from becoming too powerful?
A: Checks and balances
Q: Why did states hesitate to give more power to the national government?
A: Fear of tyranny based on experience with Britain
Q: What was the main disagreement between large and small states?
A: Representation in Congress
Q: What principle is shown when each branch has its own powers?
A: Separation of powers
Q: Explain one economic problem caused by the Articles.
A: States printed their own money or taxed each other, hurting trade
What key concept from the Constitutional Convention describes the idea of limiting majority rule through indirect participation?
A:
Republicanism
What constitutional principle explains how dividing power across institutions and levels of government simultaneously limits both majority tyranny and governmental overreach?
A:
Compound republic