Founding Principles

Which document is characterized by these attributes?

• Congress could not levy and collect taxes
• Congress could not regulate interstate or foreign trade
• There was no national court system to settle disputes
• The thirteen separate states lacked national unity

• Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• United States Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation gave the states

• no power.

• the same power as the national government.

• less power than the national government.

• more power than the national government.

According to the chart, Congress could not

• organize new territories.

• deal with other nations.

• force states to obey its laws.

• declare war and peace.

A major weakness of government under the Articles of Confederation was that

• the large states received more votes in Congress than the small states did

• the national government could not enforce its laws

• too much power was given to the president

• state governments could not coin money

How did Shays' Rebellion lead to the creation of the Constitution?

• The Articles of Confederation were burned during the attacks.

• It led to the Declaration of Independence, when then became the Constitution.

• The rebellion helped reveal the flaws in having a weak federal government under the Articles of Confederation.

• It helped make Daniel Shays president.

What was the significance of Shays' Rebellion?

• George Washington established the executive branch's power to enforce federal law.

• The federal government realized it needed the power to enforce federal law.

• Slavery would not be allowed in a territory north of the southern border of Missouri.

• The Alien and Sedition Acts were passed.

In 1787, Congress called a meeting about the Articles of Confederation

• to decide what to do with the Northwest Territories.

• to make the national government stronger.

• to discuss ways to stop tax rebellions.

• to borrow money to pay for the Revolutionary War.

Which Americans were represented at the Constitutional Convention?

• Native Americans

• Women

• African Americans

• White men who owned land

What was the New Jersey Plan?

• the plan that organized the Northwest Territory

• a government plan that granted New Jersey mor representation in the Congress than other states

• a plan that called for the abolition of slavery in the United States

• a government plan that called for a one house legislature with each state having one vote

What was the Virginia Plan?

• a government plan to return British territory to Native Americans

• a plan to give the state of Virginia more representatives in the Congress

• a government plan calling for a two house legislature with representation based on state population

• a government plan which set up a one house legislature with each state having one vote