Governing a New Nation

The __ of a government carries out the laws

• constitution

• executive

• legislature

• bill of rights

A __ contains the rules for how a government will work

• constitution

• cede

• legislature

• bill of rights

An __ is a period of slow business activity, low prices/wages, rising unemployment

• economic depression

• cede

• legislature

• Daniel Shays

__ led an uprising in Massachusetts

• Samuel Adams

• Daniel Shays

• Nathanael Greene

• George Washington

State constitutions limited the power of the governors because

• the states wanted more power

• leaders were afraid of a repeat of what led to revolution

• King George told them to

Under the articles of confederation, Congress could not

• tax

• make money

• wage war

• regulate trade

The __ provided a system for a territory to become a state

• Declaration of Independence

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

The __ created a system of dividing the land in the Northwest Territory into sections to sell

• Constitution

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Land Ordinance of 1785

What event led to revising Articles of Confederation and to the creation of the constitution?

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Signing of Treaty of Paris

• Daniel Shays rebellion

What were two limitations that made the government under the Articles of Confederation ineffective?

• Congress could make laws

• Congress could not collect taxes

• Congress could not regulate trade

• Congress could make or borrow money