Articles
Created the Articles of Confederation
Who is the Continental Congress
Shays job prior to the war
What is a farmer
Established a system for how land was sold and setting up townships
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785
Reason the Constitution was created
What is to establish a strong government
An introduction
What is the Preamble
Had more power under the Articles
Who are the states
Reason Shays led an armed rebellion
What is fear of losing farmland or taxes
Deal that allowed 3/5 of the enslaved population to be counted
What is the 3/5 Compromise
Meeting that took place to create the Constitution
What is the Constitutional Convention
First three words of the Preamble
"We the People"
Number of years the Articles was in place
What is 8
Shays rebellion highlighted weakness of this document
What is the AOC
Deal that was created to establish the structure of the US Congress
What is the Great Compromise
Introduction to the US Constitution
What is the Preamble
System of government that ensures power remains equal between national and state government
What is federalism
One Strength
-Led to the US Constitution
-States couldn't declare war
-Led to the Land Ordinance
-Department of Treasury, Postal Service, Department of Foreign Affairs
Destroyed Courthouses, Destroyed documents, freed prisoners
What is things that took place during Shays Rebellion
Reason for the land ordinances
To try and pay off debt from the war
BONUS QUESTION-Extra 20 points
City where the Constitutional Convention took place?
What is Philadelphia
What is Checks and Balances
One Weakness
-States could print their own money
-Weak Central Government
-No national army
-Couldn't enforce laws
Results of Shays Rebellion
What is lead the Founding Fathers to see how weak the AOC are and paved the road to the US Constitution
Name a state that made up the Northwest territory
-Ohio
-Illinois
-Indiana
-Michigan
Unanimously chosen as the leader of the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington
Principle that proves the constitution is created for the people and exists to serve them
What is popular sovereignty