Shays' Rebellion
What state did Shays' Rebellion take place in?
What was Massachusetts?
Which philosopher believed people were naturally selfish and needed a strong government?
Who was Thomas Hobbes?
What was the first plan of government for the United States?
What are the articles of Confederation?
What does it mean to ratify a document such as the U.S. Constitution?
What is To formally approve or accept it?
What is an agreement in which people give up some freedoms in exchange for government protection?
What is the social contract?
What was the name of the former Revolutionary War captain who led a rebellion of farmers in the 1780s?
Who Was Daniel Shays?
Which philosopher believed people had natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
Who was John Locke?
How many votes did each state receive in Congress under the Articles of Confederation?
What is one vote?
What is the term for a government in which citizens elect people to make laws and decisions on their behalf?
Representative government?
What term describes a legislature made up of two chambers?
What is bicameral?
What financial problems caused many Massachusetts farmers to protest and rebel against their state government?
What were High taxes, unpaid debts, threat of losing their farms?
Which philosopher argued for separation of powers, influencing checks and balances?
Who was Montesquieu?
What important financial power did the national government lack under the Articles of Confederation?
What is the power to levy or collect taxes?
What is the difference between a unicameral and a bicameral legislature?
What is A unicameral legislature has one chamber, while a bicameral legislature has two chambers?
What two laws under the Articles of Confederation organized western lands and established a path toward statehood?
What are the Land Ordinance of 1785 and Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Why was the national government unable to effectively respond to Shays' Rebellion under the Articles of Confederation?
What is The national government lacked sufficient money, military resources, and authority to respond effectively to the uprising?
According to John Locke, under what circumstances are citizens justified in overthrowing their government?
What is When the government fails to protect their natural rights?
What uprising of Massachusetts farmers demonstrated the weaknesses of the national government?
What was Shays' Rebellion?
What is the term for a system in which the government's power is restricted by laws and the rights of the people?
What is Limited government?
Which group supported ratification of the Constitution because they favored a stronger national government?
Who were the Federalists?
How did Shays' Rebellion influence Americans' opinions about the Articles of Confederation and the need for a new Constitution?
What is It exposed weaknesses in the national government and convinced many Americans that a stronger national government was needed?
Which Enlightenment thinker advocated freedom of speech and religious tolerance?
Who was Voltaire?
Why did the requirement that amendments to the Articles needed to be voted on unanimously make it difficult for changes to be made?
What is it was very difficult to get all states to agree?
How does a deferal system of government work?
What is in a federal system, power is divided between the national and state governments?
Why did Anti-Federalists oppose ratification of the Constitution, and what protections did they want?
They feared a powerful national government and wanted stronger protections for individual rights and state authority, including a bill of rights.