Fordham Articles Of Confederation

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What is a republic?

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form of government where the power resides with citizens and their right to vote

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Why did John Adams believe there should be a system of checks and balances?

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Adams thought they were needed keep one group from having too much power

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What did Adams want for the new American government?

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A mixed government with a separation of power.

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What was Adams idea of a separation of power?

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Create separate executive, legislative and judicial branches

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From what document did states get the idea to add a list of rights to their state constitutions?

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English Bill of Rights

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Who was Governor of Virginia in 1786?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What was one outcome of the American Revolution?

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more men that did not own land gained the right to vote

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What was the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?

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Virginia no longer had an official church

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What makes the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom important?

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it created a separation of church and state (government) in the US

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What group created the Articles of Confederation?

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Continental Congress

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What was the first written government of the US?

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Articles of Confederation

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Define Confederation.

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loose union of states

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How often did the Confederation Congress meet?

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only once a year

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What did the Confederation Congress have the power to do?

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1. sign treaties
2. declare war
3. raise armies

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What were two powers that the Confederation Congress could NOT do?

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1. tax
2. regulate trade

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How did the Confederation Congress plan to make money?

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sell land west of the Appalachian Mountains

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What was a township?

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land was divided into sections and sold so that the territory was easy to govern

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What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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created new territory in the Ohio River Valley which eventually became 3 to 5 states

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When could a territory apply to become a state?

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when the population reached 60,000

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Did the Northwest Ordinance territory allow slavery?

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NO

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Define duty

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tax on imported good (items coming into the US)

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Where would the British send their goods to in the US?

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states with the LOWEST duty

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Did states tax other states?

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YES

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What were the general feelings about taxes between states?

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States did not appreciate having to pay taxes to their neighbors...it was a burden

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How did Congress raise money to pay debt?

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they didn't raise money because they could not tax

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How did the Confederation Congress make states pay their debts?

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they could NOT make states pay their debts

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How did Britain react to the fact that the US was not paying their debt?

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British refused to leave US soil

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How did the US react to Britain's failure to leave the US soil?

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NOTHING

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Describe the relationship with Spain after the American Revolution?

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Spain would not allow the US to use the port at the mouth of the Mississippi River

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Define recession

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time of economic slow down following the Revolution

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How did the US end up paying for the war?

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borrowed money from wealthy citizens

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What is a bond?

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Promise to pay with interest

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How did state governments pay back bondholders?

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states created paper money

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Why was the printing of paper money such a bad idea?

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states did not have gold or silver to back up the money

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Define inflation.

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value of money declines while the price of goods goes up

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Why were the farmers in Massachusetts mad at the government?

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Massachusetts decided to tax citizens to raise money and the farmers could not pay

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What happened to the farmers when they did not pay their taxes?

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many farmers lost their farms

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What did Daniel Shays and 1200 farmers do in response to the tax?

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led a rebellion by shutting down the courthouse and taking weapons from the arsenal

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How did the Confederation Congress react to Daniel Shays's rebellion?

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NOTHING....they had not power to make it stop

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How did Shays's Rebellion end?

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a local militia killed 4 farmers and Daniel Shays died

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What is important to know about Shays's Rebellion?

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Americans saw that the Confederation Congress did not have enough power and called for a change

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WEAKNESS

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met only once a year

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WEAKNESS

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could not tax

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WEAKNESS

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could not regulate trade

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WEAKNESS

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only one branch of government (legislative - create law)

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WEAKNESS

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states had too much power

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WEAKNESS

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no power to work out problems with other governments

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WEAKNESS

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weak central government

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WEAKNESS

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no power to end rebellions

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WEAKNESS

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no national currency

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SUCCESS

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adopted in November 1777

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SUCCESS

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plan to sell land west of the Appalachian Mountains

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SUCCESS

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Northwest Ordinance

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SUCCESS

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sign treaties

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SUCCESS

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raise army

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SUCCESS

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declare war