Articles/Constitutional Convention Review

The Articles of Confederation were...

• the King's plan for how to govern the newly freed colonies

• the first Constitution

• the first government of the U.S.

• George Washington's plan for taking power as the new King

The main weakness of the Articles of Confederation was...

• creating a weak central government

• not giving enough power to the states

• too many taxes

• uniting all of the states

Shay's Rebellion revealed...

• that Americans had too much freedom, and they needed to have some taken away

• that the Articles of Confederation were not an effective form of government and needed to be revised

• that milita troops were not skilled enough to handle a rebellion

• that the Articles of Confederation were strong enough to handle any crisis 

How many states had to agree in order to ratify the Articles of Confederation?

• 13

• 8

• 1

• 6

Because of the Articles the government could NOT regulate ______ among the states.

• food quality

• laws

• travel

• commerce (trade)

Because of the Articles, each state got __ vote(s).

• 1

• 2

• 10

• more votes if more people live in that state

Congress never had any money because under the Articles they did NOT have the power to ____.

• print money

• sell items to other countries

• tax

• spend money

An agreement in which both sides give up something.

• Compromise

• Conclusion

• Argument

• Declaration

In the Virginia Plan representation in congress was based on population. Which states favored this plan?

• Small States

• Large States

• Southern States

• Northern States

Which compromise combined aspects of the Virginia and New Jersey plans to make small and large states satisfied?

• the Commerce Compromise

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Just Compromise

• the Great Compromise