Chapter 9

Question 1

state constitutions

Answer 1

States wrote their own constitutions which replaced their colonial charters
1776
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Question 2

economic drawbacks

Answer 2

-couldn’t trade in the British West indies or with Britain
- in fing debt

Question 3

ARticles of COnfederation

Answer 3

the first Constitution of the United States of America created by the Second Continental Congress
1781
created during the Revolutionary war and proved to France that the colonies had a genuine government.

Question 4

weaknesses of Congress(under the Articles)

Answer 4

-couldn’t regulate commerce
-couldn’t enforce tax collection
-weak and no power

Question 5

Old Northwest

Answer 5

piece of land acquired after the Revolutionary war, Northwest of the original states
1780’s
subject to many of the new legislations created under the Articles(P)

Question 6

Land Ordinance 1785

Answer 6

law that sold pieces of the Old Northwest to pay off the war debt
1785
land was divided and very orderly (P)

Question 7

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Answer 7

law that created the process for statehood and banned slavery in the Northwest
1787
60,000 people needed to apply to become a state. the only good accomplishment of the Articles

Question 8

foreign relations with Britain, Spain, France, North Africa

Answer 8

Britain- enforcing navigation laws and not wanting to create commercial treaties
Spain- no trading in the Mississippi
France- pay us back!!!
North Africans-m ravaging American ships

Question 9

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 9

uprising of backcountry farmers who are in debt and losing land in Massachusetts
1786
Movement was harshly crushed but it scared the founding fathers. fear of mobs ruling and creating chaos

Question 10

Philadelphia COnvention

Answer 10

convention to deal with controlling trade and fixing(throwing out) the Articles of Confederation
1787
created the constitution and the gov that we have today (P)

Question 11

mobocracy

Answer 11

the rule of government by a mob of people ( Shay’s)
1783
At the Philadelphia convention, the men wanted to prevent anarchy, disorder due to absence of authority (S,P)

Question 12

Virginia Plan

Answer 12

proposal of 2 branches/houses of Congress and representation based on population
1787
Bigger States would benefit and have more representation (P)

Question 13

New Jersey Plan

Answer 13

1 Branch of Congress and equal representation no matter size
1787
smaller States would benefit and prevent bigger States from dominating

Question 14

Great Compromise

Answer 14

larger States represented in House of Reps. and smaller States represented in the Senate
1787
Start for a more strong government (P)

Question 15

common law

Answer 15

laws/ constitution does”not have to be ultra specific

Question 16

civil law

Answer 16

laws should lengthy and very detailed

Question 17

3/5 compromise

Answer 17

States that a sales was 3/5 of a person
1787
compromise between the North and the South as the South wanted a bigger influence in the House of Reps. (P, S)

Question 18

Society of Cincinnati

Answer 18

exclusive group of ex Continental Army Officers
1776-1790
Opposing the ideas of democracy and equality (S)

Question 19

disestablished

Answer 19

official separation of church and state (ENgland church)
1786
States excluding New England separated themselves from an Anglican church (C)

Question 20

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Answer 20

passage by Thomas Jefferson
1786
allowed for separation of church and state in Virginia (C)

Question 21

Elizabeth Mumbet Freemar

Answer 21

ex slave who sued her owner to gain freedom after hearing about the rights of man
1781
Freemar won and lived as a paid servant

Question 22

Civic virtue

Answer 22

democracy depend the citizens to act selflessly and for the greater good of the community
1776-1790
Mother’s were an example of people who practiced civic virtue everyday (C)

Question 23

Philadelphia Convention

Answer 23

convention of delegates to discuss fixing the Articles of Confederation
1787
created the new Constituiton (P)