Where did the ideas of the government come from?
The Americans stole the English bill of rights and the magna Carta. Also John Locke’s social contract was a major part of sealing from the government.
What was the Magna Carta?
A contract signed by King John in 1215 and made the king subject to the law.
What was The Virginia House of Religious Freedom?
A contract that was a right to vote, which was mostly men who paid taxes.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
Our nations first constitution, used to protect individual liberty.
How many votes did each state get? And were they allowed to refuse
One vote, and yes they were allowed to refuse.
What is radification?
An official approval of something
How did the government raise money in 1785?
by passing the land ordinance of 1785
What was the land ordinance of 1785?
A set up system for surveying land and dividing western lands, by naming it the Northwest Territory.
Which states were in the Northwest Territory?
Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, and Minnesota.
How many people do you need to have to apply to become a state?
60,000
What were the international problems for the US?
Britain closed ports and passed tarrifs, the prices of american goods are going up, Spain closed lower part of the Mississippi river, making us higher British ships and use British merchants.
What are tarrifs?
taxes on imports or exports
True or false the Congress had the power to put tarrifs for every state.
false, the states had the power to put tarrifs.
What is interstate commerce?
trade between two or more states
What is inflation?
occurs when there are an increase of prices for goods and services combined with the reduce value of money.
What is depression
A period of low economic activity combined with a rise of unemployment.
Fill in the blank: all the states were printing their own _
money
Who was Daniel Shays? What did he do?
He was a farmer and led a revolt to Springfield, Massachusetts to go shut down the supreme court and to make them stop taxing the farmers over land.
What did Shays Rebellion teach the Articles of Confederation?
After Daniel Shays lost, it led the Articles of Confederation to think about how they are thinking things. Also showing them how weak the Articles of Confederation is.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
A meeting in Philadelphia on May 1787; James Madison, George Washington, And Benjamin Franklin were all there. They all discussed how to make the Articles of Confederation stronger.
Which groups of people had no one to represent them in the Constitutional Convention?
Women, African Americans, and Native Americans.
Who was considered the “leader” of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
What were the major issues delegates argued at the Constitutional Convention?
The southern states and northern states had different ideas about tarrifs and slavery and argued over that.
What was the Virginia plan?
The central government gets complete sovereignty, bicameral legislatures. The number of representatives you get depend on state population.
