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What was Shay's Rebellion?

• Shay's Rebellion was a scientific experiment in Pennsylvania during 1760-1761.
• Shay's Rebellion was a diplomatic negotiation in New York during 1800-1801.
• Shay's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts during 1786-1787.
• Shay's Rebellion was a peaceful protest in Virginia during 1790-1791.

What caused Shay's Rebellion?

• Political unrest in New York
• A drought, or lack of rain, in California

• The growth of factories in Pennsylvania

• The Massachusetts government raised taxes and caused many farms to be closed.

What did Shay's Rebellion show the government?

• The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a stronger central government.
• The need for more state power
• The success of the Articles of Confederation
• The effectiveness of a weak central government

What was the problem with the Articles of Confederation?

• Weak central government with limited powers
• Well-defined separation of powers - legislative, executive & judicial

• Effective system of taxation
• Strong central government with unlimited powers

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• An agreement to count enslaved individuals as two-thirds of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
• An agreement to count enslaved individuals as one-fifth of a person for taxation and representation purposes.
• An agreement to count enslaved individuals as a whole person for taxation and representation purposes.
• An agreement to count enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes.

The delegates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 settled on the Three-Fifths Compromise to

• help slaves get equal rights

• establish a term length of the representatives

• limit the power of the president

• settle differences over representation in Congress

Trade was difficult between states during and after the Revolutionary War because

• There wasn't great transportation between states during this time.

• People didn't want to trade

• there were national laws that stopped states trading

• states had different money and taxes

One of the main ideas of "The Declaration of Independence" was

• To form an alliance with France against Britain
• To abolish all forms of government
• life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

• The right to vote

• The president appoints new members to the Supreme Court. 

• The Senate must approve presidential appointments to the Supreme Court. 

• The Supreme Court can declare laws made by Congress unconstitutional.  

The statements represent:

• Rock Paper Scissors

• Checks and Balances

• federalism

• The Articles of Confederation

Thomas Jefferson believed...

• people should always follow their government no matter what

• the power to govern a nation comes from the people

• that slavery was the best and should continue.

• America should become a colony of England again