Articles of Confederation
Official approval
What is ratification?
This happened at the Second Continental Congress with one member from each colony.
What is the committee tasked with discussing and drafting the national constitution?
This Massachusetts farmer and Revolutionary War veteran led the uprising known as Shays’ Rebellion.
Who is Daniel Shays?
Congress wanted to sell the Western land to do this.
What is raise money and pay debt?
Congress could not force the states to provide this.
What are soldiers?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
Name two weaknesses of the new national government.
What is no national court system and no one to unite them?
Shays’ Rebellion was primarily a protest against these economic hardships faced by farmers.
What are high taxes and debt?
This set up a system for surveying and dividing western lands.
What is Land Ordinance of 1785?
Great Britain closed these to make it difficult for Americans to grow their economy.
What are ports?
A set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government
What is the constitution?
The Articles of Confederation created this single branch of governement.
What is Congress?
The rebellion exposed the weaknesses of this governing document, leading to calls for a stronger federal government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This established the Northwest Territory including the areas that are now Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
What is Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
States would trade between them, however this did not have power to regulate this trade.
What is Congress?
Name 2 things that the Articles of Confederation did.
What is settle conflict among states, protect individual freedoms in the Declaration of Independence, issue coins, borrow money, make treaties with other countries and Native Americans, ask states for money and soldiers, each state had one vote, no president or national court system?
This was formed at the Second Continental Congress.
In what year did Shays’ Rebellion take place?
What is 1786–1787?
The NW Ordinance of 1787 fivided the NW territory into smaller territories with this person as the leader.
What is a governor?
This occurs when there are increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value for money.
What is inflation?
The philosophical movement that emphasized the use of reason to examine old ideas and traditions.
What is enlightenment?
Each state had to ratify this at the Second continental congress.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The response to Shays’ Rebellion helped inspire the meeting that led to the drafting of this important U.S. document.
What is the Constitution?
The population had to reach this number to be considered to draft their own constitution and apply to join the union.
What is 60,000?
Many states could not pay their war debts or collect overdue takes so they printed this.
What is paper money?