A New Country

-loss of subsidies (bonuses) for naval stores and rice
-war debt-low crop yields
-loss of British trading partners
-devastation of fields
-many slaves left with the British

What do the above have in common?

• Improvements in South Carolina after the Revolution
• Ways that nationalism increased in South Carolina
• Economic problems in South Carolina after the Revolution
• Political issues that strengthened sectionalism in South Carolina

What was the first constitution of the United States called?

• the Articles of Confederation
• the Bill of Rights
• the United States Constitution
• the Declaration of Independence

What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The Articles of Confederation could be revised.
• The Articles established a weak central government.
• The federal government represented all 13 states.
• The Articles of Confederation could not be amended.

What did Shay’s Rebellion reveal to Americans?

• That they needed a stronger central government after the war.
• That the government needed to pay their troops.
• That they needed a weaker central government after the war.
• That they needed to call on the British for help.

What did the delegates to the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 decide to do after they got to  Philadelphia and discussed the Articles of Confederation?

• elect a President
• establish a court system
• dump the Articles & write a new Constitution
• revise the Articles of Confederation

Why did states with smaller populations object to the Virginia Plan?

• Were concerned that the debate would destroy the convention
• Objected to counting slaves in the South
• Believed that each state should have more than one vote
• Feared that the large states would have more power

How did the Great Compromise make both the large and small states happy?

• The Senate and House of Representatives would have the same number of representatives.
• Each state would have one representative in the upper house and two in the lower house.
• Each state would have the same number in the Senate, and the number of members each state has in the House of Representatives would be based on population.
• The large states would have more Senators, but the small states would have more               Representatives.
  

Why did South Carolina not completely support the Three-Fifths Compromise in counting slaves as part  of the population?

• South Carolina wanted to increase its population so it would have more power in Congress.
• South Carolina wanted to end slavery and allow black men to vote.
• South Carolina wanted every state to send an equal number of representatives to Congress.
• South Carolina wanted to increase its population and end the slave trade at the same time.

How did the Three-fifths Compromise settle the debate of how slaves were counted in the population?

• allowed three-fifths of a state’s representatives to Congress to be chosen by the state legislature
• counted three-fifths of slaves in any state as part of its population for representation and taxes
• counted three-fifths of all white men in any state as part of its population
• allowed three-fifths of the slaves in each state to vote

How is Charles Pinckney, a Federalist from South Carolina, important in the creation of the Constitution  of the United States?

• He made sure that everyone in the southern states voted in favor of it.
• Many parts of his plan were included in the new Constitution.
• He wrote the document while others were arguing about what to do with the loyalists.
• He delivered the new Constitution to the assembly in Charleston.