Unit 3: The New Nation

The first constitution of the United States that created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government leaving most power with the states.

• The Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Northwest Ordinance of 1785

The governing document of the Articles of Confederation said that the states were uniting in a?

• "Firm league of Friendship"

• "League of nations"

• "Loose confederation of states"

• "Group of states"

Why were the Articles of Confederation made weak on purpose?

• It wanted to create a strong Central Government

• The people thought weak governments were successful

• They had recently seen the way Britain (A strong central Government) had treated its people and did not want the government to control the citizens.

• They weren't weak, it was a good form of government.

Which of the following was a weakness of the AOC?

• Congress had no power to coin money, therefore each state developed its own currency.

• Congress could not tax citizens to generate revenue.

• No executive branch only legislative branch

• One vote was allotted to each state regardless of population size.

• Government signed a treaty with France in 1778.

Set forth how the government of the United States would measure, divide, and distribute the land it had acquired from Great Britain north and west of the Ohio River.

• Northwest Territory

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Lost State of Franklin

Established the process for helping the territories create their own governments and eventually be added as states. Population must reach 60,000 and constitution written before applying for statehood.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• Northwest Territory

• Shays' Rebellion

• Northwest Ordinance of 1787

North Carolina did not want to fund and protect its western counties, so those people created their own state located in Eastern TN. John Sevier was the governor.

• Sevierville

• Knoxville

• Tennessee

• Lost State of Franklin

In 1786, ex-soldiers and farmers in Massachusetts led an attack on the state's courthouses because of high taxes and many were struggling with debt.

• Whiskey Rebellion

• Shays Rebellion

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

Events like Shays Rebellion alarmed the founders. They recommended a meeting of all 13 states be held in Philadelphia to discuss changing the AOC. This meeting became?

• The Constitutional Convention of 1787

• The Confederation Congress

• The State of the Union

• The Articles of Confederation debate

This person was elected unanimously as the president of the Constitutional Convention whose role was to oversee the debate of the Convention of 1787.

• James Madison

• Ben Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson