Structure of the Articles
Why did the colonists create such a weak national government?
Fear of creating a new king
Why was it impossible to enforce laws under the Articles?
No President (Executive Branch)
What was the name of the rebellion that showed how weak the national government was under the Articles of Confederation?
Shays Rebellion
What was the original purpose of the 1787 constitutional convention in Philadelphia?
To revise the Articles of Confederation
The 3/5 compromise was a compromise on counting what?
Slave population
How many branches of government existed under the Articles of Confederaton?
One Congress (Legislative Branch)
TRUE or FALSE: The Articles of Conferation had a very elaborate court system to handle disputes between individual states?
FALSE; No court system
Under the Treaty of Paris 1783 that ended the American Revolution, what river became the western boundary of the United States?
Mississippi River
3 (Legislative, Executive, & Judicial)
20 years (1808)
9 of 13
TRUE or FALSE: The national government had the power to control foreign and domestic trade.
FALSE
schools
The small states did not care for the Virginia Plan because it based representation soley on what?
state population
TRUE or FALSE: Delegates at the US Convention agreed to only tax imported goods.
TRUE
How many states were required to add an amendment to the Articles?
All, 13 of 13
TRUE or FALSE: Although the government under the Articles could not tax, it could borrow money.
TRUE, it just did not really have a way to pay it back
According to the Northwest Ordinance, what was banned from the Northwest Territory?
Slavery
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature where the House of Representatives would be based on population and Senate that gave each state how many Senators?
Two
How many states were required to ratify the US Constitution before it became the law of the land?
9 of 13
Who had the true power of government under the Articles of Confederation?
The States
TRUE or FALSE: The national government had the power to set up post offices under the Articles of Confederation.
TRUE
The Northwest Ordinance gave the government a procedure to add new states. Name three of the five states added from lands in the Northwest Territory.
Ohio, Indiania, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois
Who is the "Father of the US Constitution"?
According to the compromise, how would a president be elected to office?
Electoral College