Articles of Confederation
This is the level of government that held the most power under the Articles.
What is the states?
This is a supreme plan of government for the U.S.
What is the Constitution?
This decade the Shays' Rebellion.
What is the 1780's.
This group supported a stronger national government and supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
The national government could easily collect taxes from people. True or false?
What is false?
The Constitution has ________ branches of government.
What is three?
Most of the protesters in Shays' Rebellion were people who worked on farms and fought in the Revolution. Who were these people?
What are farmers?
This federalist leader, Alexander _____________ helped write essays supporting the Constitution.
Who is Hamilton?
One power the national government had under the Articles was making these with other countries.
What is treaties?
This branch of government writes and passes laws.
What is Legislative branch.
One cause of the Rebellion were because farmers couldn't pay ________.
What are taxes.
Anti-Federalists were worried because the Constitution did not include a ______________ to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights.
The Articles had no national leader like this office.
What is the president?
This leader enforces laws and can sign bills into law.
Who is the president?
Shays' Rebellion showed many leaders that the Articles may be flawed. True or False?
What is true?
After the Constitution was written, Federalists agreed to add this to protect rights of the people.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Articles of Confederation proved _________ therefore leading to rebellion.
What is inadequate?
A group of electors chosen to vote for the president.
What is the electoral college?
Courts were seizing _________ which led to the rebellion.
What is land?
Federalists generally wanted more power for this national level; Anti-Federalists preferred more power at this level.
What is national government and state governments?