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Articles of Confederation
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1) The Articles of Confederation provided for a new central government under which states kept most of their power.
2) Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had the authority to conduct foreign affairs, maintain armed forces, borrow money, and issue currency 3) Congress, however, couldn't regulate trade, force citizens to join the army, or impose taxes. 4) Two achievements under this was Americans won their independence from Britain and and expanded the countries foreign trade. The Confederation also aided with settling and governing the nation's western territories. 5) Any attempt to change the Articles required the constant all of 13 states. 6) In order to change a law 9 states had to agree. |
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Depression |
1) Americans faced this because of the Revolutionary War. They didn't have enough money to pay their war depts. PERIOD WHEN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SLOWS DOWN AND UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASES. THEY COULDN'T PAY BECAUSE THE MONEY FOR FOREIGN DEBTS
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Shay's rebellion |
1) Led by Danial Shays.
2) The people involved with this was farmers. 3) Farmers were rebelling because they thought it wasn't fair they were getting their land taken away and being thrown in jail just because they couldn't pay their war depts. 4) They saw the government as just another form of tyranny. 5) They went to Massachusetts in search of guns and ammunition. 6) The rebellion ended because the Militia fired and killed 4 farmers and they stopped. 7) After this rebellion people realized that the government was to weak to handle the problems. |
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Virginia Plan |
1) Edmund Randolph wrote this plan.
2) This plan required two house legislatures, a chief executive, and a court system. 3) The smaller states didn't like this because it gave them many less delegates so they didn't have as much as a say when laws got changed. |
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New Jersey Plan |
1) The plan was made by William Paterson.
2) It kept the one house legislature with one vote for each state. Congress could set taxes and regulate trade- powers that they didn't have under the AOC. THEY WANTED EQUAL REPRESENTATION. |
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Constitutional Convention |
1) It was called to discuss trade issues. 2) He heard about Shay's rebellion and changed his mind. 3) There were PLANTERS, MERCHANTS, LAWYERS, PHYSICIANS, GENERALS, GOVERNERS & COLLEGE PRESIDENTS. 4) At least 7 of the 13 must be present to hold a conference. |
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Amend |
1) Improve 2) My mother wanted me to amend on my science class. |
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Three-Fifths Compromise |
1) This was to count each slave as a 3/5 of a free person for determining both taxation and representation.
2) It was to basically to make everyone happy, one didn't want slaves to count to pop., one did. 3) They wanted the slaves to count so they had more vote in the government on problems. 4) They believed that slaves were considered property and should be counted for the purpose of taxation but not representation. |
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Great Compromise |
1) This gave 2 house legislature, In the lower house the House of Representatives-the number of seats for each state would vary based on the state's population. In the upper house- the senate, each state would have two members.
2) It was fair, it basically gave the Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan what they wanted and combined it fairly for every state. |
