New Nation & US Government

What is self government?

• government for just your house

• government where people who live in a place make laws for themselves

• government for an entire country

• government for just one individual person

Under the Articles of Confederation the federal government COULD...

• declare war, establish an army, print money

• create taxes, declare war, establish an army

• declare war, make peace treaties, make money

• give the right to bear arms, establish an army, declare war

Under the Articles of Confederation, congress could NOT

• establish an army

• declare war

• establish peace treaties

• print money

Under the articles of confederation, congress could NOT

• print money

• borrow money

• declare war

• control the right to bear arms

Under the Articles of Confederation, the states had more power than the federal government

• True

• False

The Constitutional Convention was held to...

• have a cook-out

• write the Declaration of Independence

• discuss the Articles of Confederation

• declare war on Great Britain

The Constitutional Convention was held in

• Washington, DC

• Philadelphia, PA

• New York City, NY

• Arlington, VA

The Virginia Plan was presented by

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Roger Sherman

• James Madison

The Virginia Plan proposed

• 3 branches of government and equal votes from each state

• 3 branches of government and representation based on population

• 1 president and equal votes from each state

• 1 president and representation based on population

The New Jersey plan suggested that

• we keep the 3 branches of government, but have no representation for each state

• we only have 1 president in charge of everything

• we keep the 3 branches of government, but have equal votes for each state

• keep the Articles of Confederation