Forging a New Constitution

Created Northwest Territory

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Ordinance of 1785
• Ordinance of 1783
• Ohio River Valley Ordinance 

ALL the following are weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT...

• Couldn't tax 
• Coin money 
• Couldn't regulate trade 
• ALL 13 states had to approve to change articles 

Under the Articles of Confederation too much power was placed in the 

• States
• Central Government 

ALL the following are strengths of the Articles of Confederation EXCEPT

• Raise an Army
• Levy taxes 
• Borrow money
• Add new territory 

Republic?

• Ruled by Monarch 
• Citizens rule through elected representatives  
• Government where President has complete power 
• Government ruled by religious leaders 

Led a armed rebellion in Massachusetts 

• Daniel Shays 
• Roger Sherman 
• Samuel Adams 
• Edmund Randolph 

Why did farmers in Massachusetts rebel in 1787?

• Crops were being stolen
• Land was being taken and many were thrown in jail
• Farmers weren't paid from war 

Chosen to lead meetings at Constitutional Convention? 

• John Adams
• James Madison
• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson

1st state to sign Constitution?

• Pennsylvania 
• New York 
• New Jersey 
• Delaware 

Wrote the Virginia plan and is known as the father of the U.S. Constitution?

• William Patterson
• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison
• Edmund Randolph