Articles of Confederation
This major weakness made it difficult for Congress to raise money or pay soldiers.
Power to Tax
Shays’ Rebellion was caused by high taxes and farm foreclosures in this state.
Massachusetts
This compromise settled how representation would be divided between large and small states.
the Great Compromise
This city is where the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787.
Philadelphia
How many years has Ms. Yang been teaching?
3
The Articles created a government with only this one branch.
Legislative Branch
The rebellion convinced many leaders that the national government needed this.
A stronger central government
The Constitution created this system to divide power among national and state governments.
federalism
Before the Constitution could take effect, this number of states needed to ratify it.
9 states
Which core are Ms. Yang and Ms. Xie in this year?
Pink
Under the Articles, states had more of this kind of power than the national government.
States' rights (Sovereignty)
Massachusetts had to raise a private militia to stop the rebellion because this national institution did not exist.
national army
To prevent tyranny, the Constitution included this principle that divides power among three branches.
separation of powers
This delegate from Virginia is often called the “Father of the Constitution” because of his leadership and note-taking.
James Madison
Chengdu
This land policy established a system for adding new states in the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Many Americans feared that the rebellion showed the Articles could not protect this essential part of society.
law and order (or public safety)
Anti-Federalists refused to support the Constitution until it included this.
Bill of Rights
These two states failed to ratify the Constitution in their first convention sessions but later ratified it in a second session.
North Carolina and New Hampshire
What is Ms. Yang's favorite food flavor?
Spicy
This foreign nation refused to leave forts in the Northwest Territory because the U.S. government was too weak to enforce the Treaty of Paris.
Great Britain
This meeting in 1787 was originally called to revise the Articles but ended up creating a whole new government.
Constitutional convention
This group supported the new Constitution because it created a stronger central government.
Federalists
What was Robert Morris' Proposal?
National Bank, national Currency, and Tariffs.
Where was Ms. Yang's College?
PA