Structure
This document was the first plan for the U.S. government after independence.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Congress could do this to borrow money for the country.
What is ask for loans?
Congress could NOT collect this from citizens.
What are taxes?
This group of people led protests because they were in debt and losing their farms.
Who were farmers?
Leaders met in 1787 at this meeting to fix the government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Under this system, each state had this many votes in Congress.
What is one vote per state?
Congress had the power to do this with other countries.
What is make treaties?
Congress could NOT control this between states or with other countries.
What is trade?
This man led the rebellion in Massachusetts.
Who was Daniel Shays?
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention.
What is Philadelphia?
The national government only had this one branch.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
Congress could create this branch of the military to defend the country.
What is the army?
Changing the Articles required this many states to agree.
What is all 13 states (unanimous vote)?
The rebellion showed that the national government was too this.
What is weak?
The new document written to replace the Articles.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This group of representatives made the laws for the country under the Articles.
What is Congress?
Congress could decide the value of this.
What is money (currency)?
There was no national leader holding this job under the Articles.
What is president / executive branch?
The rebellion happened in this state.
What/where is Massachusetts?
This system divided power into three branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
Most of the power under the Articles belonged to these.
What are the states?
Congress could ask states to do this, but could not force them.
What is pay taxes / give money to the government?
There was no national system of this to settle disputes or enforce laws.
What are courts / a judicial branch?
This event made leaders realize the government needed to change.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This system allows each branch to limit the power of the others.
What are checks and balances?