Unit 4a-A New Nation

What did the states hope to gain under the Articles of Confederation?

• a strong central government

• Freedom, independence and a firm league of friendship

• due process

• a king

Describe the government under the Articles of Confederation.

• The states had very little power
• It had a strong central government
• Congress had little power and couldn't collect taxes
• The United States had a president

What was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• The government had only one branch
• They had one national currency
• three branches of government
• States had no power

What caused Shays' Rebellion?

• the government could collect taxes
• low taxes
• Massachusetts needed to pay its debts
• each state had its own money

What was the original purpose of the Constitutional Convention?

• To create the Great Compromise
• to write the Constitution
• to elect a president
• revise the Article of Confederation

Under the Great Compromise, each state had the same number of representatives 

• on the Supreme Court
• in the House of Representatives
• in the Senate
• in Parliament

What was the final outcome of the Constitutional Convention?

• due process
• the preamble
• The Great Compromise
• The Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation

What ordinance was passed under the Articles of Confederation and created a system for making new states?

• The Constitutional ordinance
• The Virginia Plan
• The Northwest Ordinance
• The New Jersey Plan

What two contributions did James Madison make to the Constitution?

• He wrote the Bill of Rights and took notes during the Constitutional Convention.

• He refused to go to the convention

• He wrote checks and balances

• The Great Compromise and 3/5ths compromise

Which Founding Father was the President of the Constitutional Convention?

• James Madison
• Ben Franklin
• Charles Pinckney
• George Washington