SHAY'S REBELLION
In what year did Shay's Rebellion began
What is 1786?
The Articles of Confederation could not do this to raise money for the government.
What is collecting taxes?
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
When a bank or government takes your property because you can't pay your debts.
What is foreclosure?
This rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
These were the people who participated Shay's Rebellion.
Who are debt-ridden farmers?
This term describes peace and order within a country, which the Articles failed to maintain.
What is domestic tranquility?
Article I, Section 8 gave Congress this power to raise money.
What is the power to collect taxes?
A citizen army called up in emergencies.
What is a militia?
Farmers rebelled because of these two economic hardships.
What are debt and heavy taxes?
This is what the farmers did to prevent others from taking their land.
What are shut-down courts?
The national government under the Articles lacked this military force to maintain order.
What is a standing army (or militia)?
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism?
Power to collect revenue.
What is taxing authority?
The inability to collect taxes caused this problem for the national government.
What is no money/revenue to operate or pay debts?
This is why the national government couldn't help Massachusetts stop the rebellion.
What is the lack of authority under the Articles of Confederation?
This economic problem affected farmers in Massachusetts and led to rebellion.
What are heavy state taxes and debt (or foreclosure)?
This constitutional clause gave Congress the power to regulate trade between states.
What is the Commerce Clause?
The 1787 meeting where delegates created a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The Constitution solved the military weakness by giving Congress power to do this.
What is raising armies?
These two Founding Fathers had strong reactions to Shay's Rebellion that influenced their views on government stability.
Who are George Washington and Thomas Jefferson?
Shays' Rebellion convinced leaders to do this instead of just fixing the Articles.
What is replacing the Articles with a new Constitution?
These are the three branches created by the Separation of Powers.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches?
The principle that divides government power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is Separation of Powers?
This is the main reason leaders decided to replace rather than amend the Articles after Shays' Rebellion.
What is the need for a stronger central government to maintain order and solve domestic problems?