Shay’s Rebellion ,Great Compromise, Articles, etc
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Anti-tax protest by farmers
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Shay's rebellion
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Delegate who developed the Great Compromise
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Roger Sherman
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Compromise made by the Constitutional Convention in which states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the other hosue
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Great Compromise
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Compromise that allowed states to count three fifths of their slaves as part of the population
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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The division of power between the federal and state governments
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federalism
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the branch of government that makes laws
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legislative branch
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the branch of government that interprets the laws and the contitution
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judicial branch
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powers given to separate branches of government to keep any one from getting too much power
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checks and balances
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a group of selected to elect the president, in which each state's number of electors is equal to the number of its senators end representatives in Congress
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electoral college
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Why was the government too weak to deal with the nation's problems?
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Americans feared giving too much power to national government
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In 1787, a group of Massachusetts farmers revolted against the state. Who were the protesters led by?
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Daniel Shays
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What were the protesters and Daniel Shays accusing the government of?
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taxing them too much
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An incident where armed protesters clashed with the state militia and four farmers were killed.
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Shay's Rebellion
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Why did Shay's Rebellion prompt a call for a stronger central government?
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The citizens were going out of control without a strong government
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How did the Great Compromise satisfy both small and large states?
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because each state would get a fair amount of power and representation
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For what reason did the delegates create a system of checks and balances within the federal government?
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it assured that no one branch would become too powerful
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Why did Antifederalists oppose the Constitution?
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they were worried that the government would abuse power and not be able to handle the power on their own
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How does the Bill of Rights help ensure that the central government does not become too strong?
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it granted specific rights to the people
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People who supported the Constitution were called
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Federalists
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People who were opposed to the Constitution were called
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Antifederalists
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The _ organized the land west of the Appalachian Mountains into territories
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Northwest Ordinance of 1787
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution are called the
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Bill of Rights
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The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution is the
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judicial branch
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A government in which the people elect representatives to govern
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republic
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The first plan for governing the United States
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Articles of Confederation
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An anti tax protest by farmers
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Shay's Rebellion
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The compromise that solved the problem of how states would be represented in Congress
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Great Compromise
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Branch of government that makes the laws
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legislative branch
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A system to prevent one branch of government from getting too much power
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checks and balances
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Official approval
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ratification
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What three issues did the Continental Congress have to address?
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how much representation each state would receive, how the states and federal government would share power, and how to govern the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
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What were three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation ?
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it did little to unify the country, there was a lack of balance of political power, and all states had to agree to amend it for it to go into effect.
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How was power divided in the new Constitution?
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there were certain powers reserved to the government but the states also had different powers
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How did the Federalists and Antifederalists feel about the Constitution?
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Federalists supported it, Antifederalists opposed it
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What are three rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights?
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freedom of religion, speech, and the press
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What was Shay's Rebellion and what effect did it have on the Nation?
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it was when a group of Massachusetts farmers revolted against the state. It called for a stronger government.
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What was the debate at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress?
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the debate was about if a state's representation should be based on the size of its population
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How did the Great Compromise settle the debate at the Constitutional Convention over representation in Congress?
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it called for a House of Representatives and a Senate. The house representatives are based on the population of the state and each state gets two Senators
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What was the debate over the nation's slave population?
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whether or not the slaves should count in the state's population count
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How was the debate over the nation's slave population settled?
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the 3/5 compromise. three fifths of the slaves count as part of the population
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What are three branches of government and what is the main duty of each?
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Legislative- makes the laws Executive- executes the laws Judicial- interprets the laws
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Why did the founding fathers create the electoral college?
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Because the delegates feared giving the people too much power and letting them choose a president directly
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How did the procedure of the electoral college that the founding fathers created work?
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Each state chooses a group of electors equal to the number of senators and representatives each state had
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Means to change
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amend
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A formal change to the Constitution
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amendment
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A state of disorder or confusion
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chaos
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To make sure a law or order is obeyed
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enforce
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To leave out or reject
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exclude
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to prevent or delay the progress of
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hinder
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able to affect other people of events
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influential
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a group of citizens who receive military training and who are called in emergencies
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militia
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to find out the measurements and boundaries of an area by measuring angles and distances
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survey
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areas of land that are owned and governed by the United States but that are not states
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territories
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Who offered the Virginia Plan?
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James Madison
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proposed that a state's representation be based on the size of its popoulation
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Virginia Plan
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How did the smaller states feel about the Virginia Plan?
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They did not like it and they supported the New Jersey Plan
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plan that called for giving each state equal representation no matter the site
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New Jersey Plan
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Who developed the Great Compromise?
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Robert Sherman
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Called for a legislature with two houses- a house of representatives and a senate.
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the Great Compromise
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means official approval
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ratification
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a series of essays defending the Constitution
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The Federalist
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This was America's first Constitution
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Articles of Confederation
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What were the problems under the Articles? (6 problems)
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no chief executive, no federal courts, Congress could not raise an army, it took all 13 states to ratify an amendment, could not tax states, every state had 1 vote regardless of size
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He was a vet who lost his farm due to high taxes
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Daniel Shay
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George Washington supported the establishment of a
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stronger central government
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he was elected president of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
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George Washington
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He and the Founding Fathers created a federalist form of government for the United States
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George Washington
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The __ feared mob rule, so they called for a stronger government that could raise an army and enforce laws
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Founding Fathers
