Us History: Forming A Government

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What problem did Antifederalists have with the Constitution

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They felt that the central government had been given too much power.

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The Bill of Rights

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consists of amendments added to the Constitution to protect citizens' rights.

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The Second Continental Congress sent the Articles of Confederation to each state for ratification, which means that every state had to

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give their official approval to the Articles.

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Why did Congress decide to pass the Land Ordinance of 1785, which divided western lands into townships?

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Congress wanted to sell lots to the public to pay the nation's debts.

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What was George Mason's position toward the Constitution?

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He opposed it, as he thought the Constitution ignored individual rights.

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The purpose of Magna Carta was to

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require English royalty to obey the same laws as the English people.

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The main cause of Shay's Rebellion was the

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collection of taxes on land to pay off war debts, which hurt farmers.

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The framers of the Constitution granted legislative power to the

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Congress

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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established which procedure?

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admission of a state into the Union.

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Under the Virginia Plan the structure of the national government would have been changed by the creation of a

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bicameral legislature in which the number of delegates per state would be based on a state's population.

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Why Shays's Rebellion target the Massachusetts Supreme Court?

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The courts were forcing farmers who were in debt to sell off their land.

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The New Jersey Plan stated

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that each state would have an equal voice in a unicameral legislature.

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Shays's Rebellion led most Americans to call for a

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stronger central government.

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Interstate commerce

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act of trade between two or more states

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Articles of Confederation

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established the first national government of the United States.

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The original purpose of the Constitutional Convention held in May 1787 was to

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improve the Articles of Confederation.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise

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determined how many representatives a state would have in the Congress by counting three-fifths of the state's slave population.

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What position did Federalists hold toward the new constitution?

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They praised the way it balanced power among different branches of government.

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In 1784, officials from which country closed the lower Mississippi River, which the US had used to ship good?

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Spain

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The framers of the Constitution created a system of checks and balances to

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keep any one branch of government from becoming to powerful.

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The Federalist Papers attempted to reassure Americans about the new federal government created under the Constitution by saying that the government would

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not overpower the states.