Mr. Green Forming A New Nation

Who were the framers (writers) of the constitution?

• Farmers

• Citizens

• Colony Representatives

• Soldiers

After declaring independence in 1776 what compromises framed the first set of laws from the first Continental Congress Convention?

• A set of laws known as the Articles of Confederation

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1785

• A set of laws known as the Constitution

What issue did the Land Ordinance of 1785 address?

• Specified how western lands would be governed. This law divided the Northwest Territory into smaller territories, each governed by a territorial governor.

• Settled disputes of newly acquired land from the signing on the Treaty of Paris. This land was divided the land into six-mile squares called townships. Each township was then divided into 36 sections of 640 acres each.

• Decided the areas in which Native American would claim as their own as colonist began to settle pass the Appalachian Mountains.

• Decided that when a territory has 5,000 free adult males, it can elect its own legislature, and when the population reached 60,000, a territory could apply to Congress to become a state.

Define traditions

• the handing down of information, cultural beliefs and practices, or customs from one generation to another

• the establishment of new ideas and practices

• Restoring justice and peace in a society

• Neutral agreement between nations

In the period after independence, what did Congress fear about a strong central government?

 

• another war would occur between Great Britain and America

• states would have too much power

• rights for which people fought would be lost

• laws would be passed to prevent people from colonizing new territories

One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that Congress could not

• declare war

• impose taxes

• set up a postal system

• create an army and navy

What was the long-term effect of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? 

• Territories eventually became states.

• The farmers of Massachusetts rebelled.

• George Washington was elected president.

• Slavery was expanded in the United States.

Why is Shays' Rebellion an important event in American history?

• It resulted in farmers gaining many of the rights they have today.

• It ended states' ability to issue their own money.

• It showed that the federal government had enough power to rule effectively.

• It caused lawmakers to reevaluate the Articles of Confederation.

The Enlightenment was a movement of the 1700s that promoted?

• knowledge, reason, and science

• slavery, economic freedom, equality

• rights of the people, taxation, liberty

• happiness, unity, peace

What situation innated The Shays' Rebellion

• The new nation’s serious money problems and its worthless paper money

• The unequal dividing of land after the war which gave most to the wealthy

• The British burning down of Shay’s barn to destroy his livelihood

• The division of the large amount of money from defeating the British