Forming a New Government Ch 6 L1B

Which evidence from the text best explains why the American economy faced challenges under the Articles of Confederation?

• “The Articles of Confederation eventually proved to be weak in governing the

  United States as a single nation.”

• “... Congress asked for money from state governments.”

• “Merchants and companies struggled to do business in more than one state.”

• “After the Revolutionary War, Congress needed $15.7 million to pay its debts.”

Under the Articles of Confederation, why was the United States unable to pay debts incurred during the Revolutionary War? THIS IS PART A

• Each individual state retained the power to issue its own paper money.

• The national government had no power to regulate the borrowing and lending of money.

• The national government owed large sums to those who had financed and fought

  the Revolutionary War.

• The national government had no power to tax, but it relied on voluntary contributions

  from the states.

What two pieces of evidence from the text support the correct response to Part A?

• “Without the backing of a strong national government, American banks often found

  it difficult to make. sure borrowers repaid their loans.”

• “In addition, each state maintained its own currency.”

• “Merchants and companies struggled to do business in more than one state.”

• “The national government, meanwhile, did not collect taxes.”

• “The states agreed to pay the national government only $2.4 million.”

Reorder the following to summarize Shays' Rebellion (p. 263).

• In 1786, Daniel Shays, a former Revolutionary War captain, led rebels in western Massachusetts.

• They blocked entrances to courthouses to stop seizure of farmers’ land for debt.

• They attacked jails to release farmers who had been imprisoned for debt.

• Massachusetts governor John Hancock sent a large force and most of the rebels fled. Two captured rebels were executed, but the rest were pardoned.

• In 1787, the rebels attacked an arsenal to seize weapons but were defeated by a local militia.

Which statement best explains why Shays’s Rebellion was important?

• It led to plans to strengthen the Articles of Confederation.

• It destroyed public confidence in the use of paper money.

• It revealed the weakness of state militias in preventing disorder.

• It showed the division between wealthy merchants and debt-ridden farmers.

Which evidence from the text best supports your response to why Shays' Rebellion was important?

• “Merchants in Boston decided to require that their bills be paid in gold and silver.”

• “The members of the legislature, however, were mostly lawyers and merchants who

  paid little attention to the farmers’ requests.”

• “A group of Shays’s men attacked a state arsenal—a building where weapons were

  stored—in 1787.”

• “The event nonetheless cast doubt over the Articles of Confederation.”

What had been one major goal of the writers of the Articles of Confederation?

• to avoid an overly strong , or overbearing, national government like the British Parliament

• to put off the creation of a permanent military force such as the British Army

• for the states to keep the individual qualities they had developed during the colonial

  period

• to create a unified sense of nationality like American colonists had experienced

  under British rule

We the ​ (a)   of the United States, in Order to form a more ​ (b)   Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common ​ (c)   , promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of ​ (d)   to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this ​ (e)   for the United States of America.

• defense
• Liberty
• Constitution
• perfect
• People
• Freedom
• person
• united
• Article of Confederation
• offense