Articles of Confederation & Shays Rebellion

Who did the Patriots not want in charge (before the Revolutionary War)?

• The Royal Governor

• The President

• Congress

• Parliament

The Committee of 99 was in charge of writing a(n) ________________.

• The Bill of Rights

• new state Constitution

• 99 rules to follow

• They were not in charge of writing anything

The Committee of 99 elect delegates to the Continental Congress.  The Congress did the following EXCEPT:

• Raise an army

• Issue currency/money

• Wrote the Articles of Confederation

• Enforce the importance of Great Britian

In South Carolina the Constitution of 1776 provided a (a)   house legislature.

In SC which of the two houses were elected by the people?

• Upper House

• Lower House

The people in the backcountry of SC were mainly _______________ so they were not happy with the decisions of the government.

• Patriots

• Republicans

• Democrats

• Loyalists

After the Declaration of Independence is written, SC makes all the following changes to the Constitution except:

• President is now the Governor

• Church of England is no longer official religion

• Backcountry got slightly more equal representation

• Money was continuously being sent back to England

The Continental Congress was in charge of the US from _______ - ________

• 1775-1777

• 1777-1779

• 1803-1805

• 1750-1755

Who is the Federal Government in charge of?

• The government officials

• The State it is in

• The entire country

3 of the following are reasons Americans worried about giving the national government too much power which of the following is NOT an example?

• Americans were afraid the government would pass laws they didn’t like.

• They were worried they would be subjected to tyranny

• They thought a new government would be similar to Great Britain's

• They did not believe there were ANY benefits to having a government