Chapter 2: A New Nation

Established a Confederate Style of Government and Created the United States

• Deceleration of Constitution

• Bill of Confederacy

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

Which Idea is not in the Declaration of Independence?

• People have natural rights

• God gives people rights that cannot be taken away

• The King off England was very harsh to the colonists

• The people deserved the right to vote for the new tyrant King

1st state to ratify the Constitution:

• New York

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• Ohio

The Articles of Confederation and the Declaration of independence were written at

• The 2^nd Continental Congress

• The 1^st Bill of Rights Convention

• The 1^st Committee of the Articles

• The Declaration Convention of New York

Who was the President at the Constitutional Convention?

• George Washington

• Weorge Gashington

• Bill Noggle

• Thomas Jefferson

The main weakness of the Article of Confederation was:

• Central Government did not have the power to tax

• It imposed harsh tax policies on property owners.

• The state couldn’t agree on a legislature

• States rights were to restricted

Anti-Federalist opposed the ratification of the Constitution because:

• Creation of the Northwest Territory

• Improved economic standards of Central Government

• Feared to strong of central government

• Income tax rates would be out of control

The major objectives of the Constitutional Convention was to:

• Limit the growing power of the National Government.

• Determine the problems with the Articles of Confederation and creating a new form of Government.

• Recommend a federal plan for regulating interstate trade.

• Raise an army for stopping incidents like Shay's Rebellion.

The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had

• Only a Judicial branch, consisting of a bicameral Supreme Court.

• No legislative or judicial branch.

• Very limited national government power and no way to regulate money and taxation

• Only a bicameral branch, consisting of a trilateral house

The effect of the French and Indian war was

 

• Heavy tax burden placed on Colonists

• Created new territories in England

• The French ruled the colonies

• Organized the Confederate Army