Ch. 2 Sections 3-5

The first constitution of the United States

• Articles of Confederation

• Ratify

• Shays's Rebellion

• Great Compromise

To formally approve

• Articles of Confederation

• Ratify

• Shays's Rebellion

• Great Compromise

A rebellion of Massachusetts farmers who were angry at the prospect of losing their land

• Articles of Confederation

• Ratify

• Shays's Rebellion

• Great Compromise

a proposed plan for government that called for a strong central government divided into three branches; included a unicameral legislature in which each state would get one vote

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

plan of government that combined elements of the Virginia and New Jersey plans; included a bicameral legislature in which membership in one house would be based on state population and membership in the other would be limited to two members per state

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

the resolution to a dispute over how enslaved people should be counted within a population; provided that three-fifths of the enslaved people in a state would be counted when determining a state’s population

• Virginia Plan

• New Jersey Plan

• 3/5 Compromise

• Great Compromise

Why would Americans set up the National Government to be so weak under the Articles?

• They were skeptical of government power after King George III and the war with Britain

• Americans didn't want a government

• They had no one qualified to be President

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government lacked what two branches of government?

• Judicial and Executive

• Executive and Legislative

• Legislative and Judicial

• All of the above

The Congress under the Articles of Confederation was Unicameral, each state had one vote, and things were passed based on 9/13 states approval

• True

• False

In what year did Shays' Rebellion take place?

• 1786

• 1776

• 1796

• 1783