Constitution/Government

A weakness in the Articles of Confederation was:

• The National Government cannot collect taxes

• The National government could take control of the state

The primary purpose of the Articles of Confederation was to.

• create a bill of rights for citizens

• establish the first basic national government

The Articles of Confederation did not include:

• Executive Branch (no president), and No Judicial Branch

• Congress

• states

Why did the framers of the Articles of Confederation create a weak central government?

• they relied on advice from royal governors

• they feared a king would come to power

Shays Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it

• exposed the weaknesses of the national government to stop a rebellion

• showed there would be future conflicts over slavery

Critics of the Articles of Confederation argued that it

• created too much power for states

• created too much power for the national government

• used the army to collect taxes

• provided a judicial branch of government

The Great Compromise enabled delegates at the Constitutional Convention to:

• protect the interests of states with small and large populations

• establish the Supreme Court

The Great Compromise enabled delegates at the Constitutional Convention to:

• protect the interests of states with small and large populations

• establish a Supreme Court

"-Establishment of Congress, Senate is based on equal representation in each state, and a House of Representatives based population of your state for number of elected representatives    -An enslaved person counts 3/5´s of one person for the purpose of population in a state."    

 These statements describe:

• Great Compromise (the Virginia and New Jersey Plans)

• Provisions of the Articles of Confederation

The Three-fifths Compromise included in the Constitution resolved a conflict over?

• counting enslaved persons for representation in the government

• number of states in the USA