Article of Confederation
True or False: The Articles of Confederation was the first Constitution we had in this country.
True
Who led Shays’s Rebellion?
Daniel Shays
Legislature in which power is shared between 2 houses
bicameral
This plan favored larger states and was proposed by Edmund Randolph
The Virginia Plan
The first president of the United States
George Washington
Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?
What were the farmers angry about?
Taxes
Most of the men who attended the Constitutional Convention were ?
White, landowning males
This plan favored smaller states with smaller populations.
The New Jersey Plan
Responsible for passing the Alien and Sedition act
John Adams
Why was there no chief executive (president or vice president) under the Articles of Confederation?
Fear of a strong executive like King George III.
Where did Shay's Rebellion happen?
Massachusetts
Which group(s) of people were not participants at the Constitutional Convention
African Americans, Hispanics, women, poor people
Roger Sherman proposed a 2 house legislature with a lower house based on a state’s population (House of Representatives) & an upper house with 2 members from each state (Senate). What was this plan called?
The Great Compromise
3rd President and responsible for purchasing the Louisiana Territory
Thomas Jefferson
What did it take to amend the Articles of Confederation?
Approval from all 13 states.
What caused Shays’s Rebellion?
Farmers were angry about losing their land due to debt and high taxes.
The people who shaped/wrote the constitution are called
framers
What was the strongest criticism of the Constitution?
* Hint: why did some people not want to approve it?
No Bill of Rights
Led the nation during the War of 1812
James Madison
What was one major problem with Congress not having the power to tax citizens?
The federal government lacked funds to operate effectively.
What did Shays’s Rebellion reveal about the Articles of Confederation?
It was too weak
What are the three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What did the 3/5 Compromise state?
It counted enslaved people as ⅗ of a person → Used for taxes AND to set up the # of representatives in Congress
Issued the Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe