Articles and Shays Rebellion Notes

Articles of Confederation and Shays Rebellion Notes

TCI Lesson 8 Sections 1-2

Use TCI Lesson 8 Sections 1 and 2 to complete the vocabulary part of your notes​

Vocab

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Articles of Confederation

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Multiple Choice

What did the Articles of Confederation create?

• A government that tightly tied the states together

• A government that gave the President power of state governments

• A government with no President, a Congress, and powerful state governments.

Multiple Select

What could Congress do under the Articles of Confederation? (Choose all that apply)

• Anything approved by the King

• Make treaties

• Tax the citizens

• Maintain an army

• Coin money

Multiple Choice

What could Congress not do under the Articles of Confederation?

• Make treaties

• Tax the citizens

• Maintain an army

• Coin money

Multiple Choice

Why was it so hard to make changes to the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress had too many representatives

• Only the President could approve changes

• Changes required unanimous approval of all 13 states.

Open Ended

Who had the power under the Articles of Confederation, state governments or the federal government?

Multiple Choice

Under the Articles of Confederation the federal government was strong enough to solve disputes between states.

• True

• False

After the revolution the Treaty of Paris gave the US new lands in the west. Initially settlers just moved in and claimed what they wanted, creating chaos and many disagreements.

​​Developing new lands

Congress signed the Land Ordinance of 1785 to give order to the process of adding new lands.

Western lands were divided into six-mile squares called townships.

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Each township was then divided into 36 sections of 640 acres each. One section of each township was set aside to support the township's public schools and the others sold to settlers.​

Land Ordinance of 1785

​The Northwest Ordinance answered the question "Would the new territories be states or colonies?".

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Northwest Ordinance

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Would the new territories be states or colonies?.

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​This law divided the Northwest Territory into smaller territories, each governed by a territorial governor.

​​NW Ordinance

​Once a territory had 5,000 free adult males, it could elect its own legislature (lawmaking body). When the population reached 60,000, a territory could apply to Congress to become a state.

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The Northwest Ordinance banned slavery in the Northwest Territory. Otherwise settlers there had the same rights as all other Americans.

​​NW Ordinance

Multiple Choice

How did the Land Ordinance of 1785 solve the problems with western lands?

• By establishing new boundaries.

• By establishing a system for adding new lands to the United States.

• By banning slavery.

Open Ended

What question did the Northwest Ordinance answer about the Northwest Territories?

Multiple Choice

Into smaller territories and then dividing each new territory into townships.

• How did the Northwest Ordinance divide the Northwest Territories?

• What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do?

• How did the Articles of Confederation deal with western lands?

Multiple Choice

Slavery

• What was the main source of labor in the Northwest Territory?

• What did most farmers use to harvest cotton in the new lands?

• What was banned in the Northwest Territories?

Watch the video on the next slide to help you complete Topic #3 in your notes.

Shays' Rebellion

Multiple Choice

Who was Daniel Shays?

• A member of Congress

• The governor of Massachusetts

• A veteran of the American Revolution who was upset about not getting his pension.

• A friend of George Washington's

Open Ended

How did taxes and the Articles of Confederation help lead to Shays Rebellion?

Multiple Choice

The rebellion showed Americans that there needed to be a way for Congress to collect taxes and deal with uprisings and disputes.

• How did the American Revolution help Americans understand government better?

• Why did Shays Rebellion make people realize the need for a new constitution?

• What was the impact of the Northwest Ordinance on Shays Rebellion?