The Articles and Shay's Rebellion

What is the name of the plan written by the Continental Congress during the American Revolution that they were going to follow as a rulebook

• The Declaration Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

What does "Firm League of Friendship" mean?

• The states will always be besties and never disagree

• The States agreed to work together for the common cause of the American Revolution

• The states could agree to disagree

What did Madison think would happen to the "firm league of friendship" once the war was over?

• It would stand true and the nation would be strong

• It would need some changing but overall it would work

• It would fall apart like a rope made of sand

Select all the items that the Articles stated the Congress could do

• print money

• make treaties with other nations including Native Americans

• create a postal service

• Create and army and a navy

When did the Articles of Confederation get written

• before the American Revolution

• Once the War was over

• After the Declaration of Independence

• After the Battle of Yorktown

What were three problems that faced the Congress under the Articles?

• Congress could not tax

• Congress could not print money or coins because it was broke

• The states under the Articles had more power than the Congress

• Congress could not raise and army or navey

What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?

• A way that the Congress created for organized land distribution

• Land distribution that created townships, sections and acreage

• A way for "Americans" to move west and buy land after the War

• One thing that the Congress got right by writing it into law under the Articles

What was the Northwest Ordinance?

• A way to get land when moving West after the WAR

• A law that stated NO slavery was allowed when moving into the Northwest Territory

• A law for stopping Shay's Rebellion

• A law passed by Congress that created a way for a territory to become a state

Shay's Rebellion was?

• A rebellion towards taxation by the Congress

• A rebellion of MA farmers who were ordered to sell their farms and land to pay off their taxes and debts

• A fight over land by a man named Shay's

• A rebellion that caused fighting all over the states

What did the Rebellious farmers do in Shay's Rebellion?

• The took up arms against the state congress in MA

• They sent out letters and got farmers all over the States to up rise

• They closed down the courts and broke into the Armory to get armaments

• They burned their farms and land so that the government could not take them