Vocab
Shays Rebellion
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Vocab
100
An English political document signed in 1215
What is Magna Carta?
100
An uprising by farmers
What is Shays Rebellion?
100
A formal statement declaring freedom of the colonies.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
America's system of government during most of the American Revolution & 6 years after.
What are Articles of Confederation?
100

Absence of government

What is anarchy?

200

An English document that limits the power of the king

What is English Bill of Rights?

200

Massachusetts

What is the state Shays rebellion occurred in?

200
to protect the people and keep them happy
What is the purpose of government?
200

Presided over the Constitutional Convention

Who is George Washington?

200

Governments power is restricted by law

What is a Limited government?

300
The people rule
What is Popular sovereignty?
300
1786
What is the year Shays rebellion happened?
300
1776
What is the date the declaration was signed?
300

What is the timespan of the Articles of Confederation?

What is 1777-1789?

300

An English philosopher who worked on the social contract

What is John Locke?

400
The original constitution of the U.S.
What are Articles of Confederation?
400
The Massachusetts militia broke up Shays Rebellion
What is the outcome of Shays Rebellion?
400

to declare that we aren't part of England anymore

What was the goal of the Declaration of Independence?

400

United States first capital city

What is Philadelphia?

400

A body of principles according to which a state is acknowledged to be governed

What is Constitution

500

The state is ruled by an absolute ruler

What is tyranny?

500
Massachusetts raised taxes to pay off war debt
What is the reason for Shays Rebellion?
500

Name three of the five members who wrote the Dec. Of Ind. 

Who are Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, & Robert Livingston?

500
Raised taxes, no navy or army, and couldn't enforce laws
What are the main problems of the Articles of Confederation?
500

Couldn't enforce laws, raised taxes, and had no army or navy.

What are the main problems with articles of confederation?

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