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9 Cards in this Set
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Articles of Confederation |
1. No authority to raise money by collecting taxes 2. Had no control over foreign trade 3. Could not force states to carry out its laws 4. All 13 states had to agree to any amendments making it nearly impossible to correct problems 5. America's first constitution in which the states kept most of the power 6. It was considered to be a firm league of friendship 7. The A.O.C had the power to borrow money, issue currency, maintain arm forces, and conduct foreign affairs |
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Depression |
1. Many Americans wanted the Articles of Confederation to be changed 2. When economic activity slows down and unemployed increases 3. Southern plantations were damaged during the war 4. Trade decreased, and the little bit of money the government had went to pay for foreign debts |
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Shay's Rebellion |
1. Daniel Shays was the leader 2. The farmers 3. The farmers were angry with everything going on 4. The farmer were upset because they were having their farms taken away and thrown in jail when they couldn't pay their taxes 5. They saw the government was a tyranny 6. The rebels were forcing courts to shut down so they wouldn't lose their farmers 7. People realized that our government was too weak to protect the citizens of the U.S. |
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Virginia Plan |
1. Edmund Randolf or James Madison wrote the Virginia plan 2. It was a surprise from the Virginia delegation 3. It had a problem with the population 4. It called for a two house legislature in which representation would be based on the state's population 5. There would be an executive branch and judicial branch 6. Smaller states did not agree with proportional representation, they wanted equal representation 7. Supporters of this plan wanted a stronger central government |
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New Jersey Plan |
1. William Patterson wrote the New Jersey plan 2. It kept the confederation's one-house legislature with one vote for each state 3. It was to improve the Articles of Confederation 4. They wanted a 1 house legislation with equal votes among the states 5. They were going to allow congress to set taxes and regulate trade |
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Constitutional Convection |
1. It led to a union of 13 states 2. He was not enthusiastic about it 3. There were about 55 people including planters, merchants, lawyers, physicians, generals, governors, and a college president 6. They wanted to make changes to the Articles of Confederation |
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Amend |
1. Improve
2. William Patterson wanted to amend the Articles |
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Three Fifths Compromise |
1. It was how to count enslaved people 2. Southern states wanted to include enslaved people in their population counts to gain delegates in the House of Representatives 3. This document stated that for every 5 slaves in a state 3 counted towards your population 4. It was created because people couldn't agree on weather to count slaves towards a states population 5. Slaves states wanted to count slaves as population to increase their representation in Legislation7. They should count only to increase the amount of taxes in the south has to
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Great Compromise |
1. The Convection appointed a committee to resolve their disagreements 2. It seems fair to me because they should talk about their disagreements 3. This was a compromise between the supporters of the Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan 4. It called for a bicameral legislature 5. In the upper house representation would be equal with 2 from each state 6. In the lower house representation would be based on population of your state |
