Early Government

A new national government (constitution) was created after declaring independence from Great Britain

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris 1783

You needed 60,000 people before you could apply for statehood (Northwest Ordinance)

• True

• False

Northwest Ordinance required land be set aside for public schools

• True

• False

Northwest Ordinance banned slavery in these territories

• False

• True

Massachusetts raised taxes on land

Farmers could not pay for it and had farm taken away

Farmers ended up rebelling against it

• French and Indian War

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• American Revolution

• Shay's Rebellion

Which was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation

• Lack of food/water

• Weak central government

• No money

• No army

Who had more power in the Articles of Confederation?

• States

• Federal Government

Main accomplishment from the Articles of Confederation

• Northwest Ordinance

• America got a lot of new money

• Shay's Rebellion

Which came first?

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution