Problems from the start
Our first government as a country.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
To owe money.
What are debts?
The area west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What are the Western Lands?
Who said that Congress had become a "rope of sand"?
Who is James Madison?
What was the name of the governor of Massachusetts' name?
Who was James Bowdoin?
What is inflation?
Who was forced off their farms?
Who are retired soldiers?
A land that belongs to a national government but is not a state yet.
What is a territory?
Who said "I'd rather have a rope of sand than a rope of iron."?
Who is Patrick Henry?
When did Shays's Rebellion start?
When was 1786?
A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern the country.
What is a republic?
A building used for storing weapons.
What is an arsenal?
This gave people in the Northwest Territory freedom of religion and outlawed slavery.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
What state did James Madison represent?
What is Virginia?
This year, Congress passed a land ordinance.
When was 1785?
The paper bills Congress printed.
What are Continentals?
They took away farms from farmers.
Who are judges?
An area that measures 6 miles.
These people agreed with James Madison.
Who were Thomas Jefferson and John Adams?
The governor of Massachusetts made this proclamation.
What is the Proclamation of 1786?
Who said this? "This is what I would call a half-starved, limping government."
Who is George Washington?
They stopped Shays's Rebellion.
Who are the Massachusetts state troops?
A set of laws.
What is an ordinance.
What state did Patrick Henry represent?
What is Virginia?
What was one meeting place for Congress?
What is Nassau Hall?