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Mr. Belyea
Social Studies Unit 5- Lesson 1 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Articles of Confederation | an early plan for the new American government |
| ratify | to approve or acce3pt something |
| legislative branch | the part of government that makes laws |
| executive branch | the part of government that puts laws into effect |
| judicial branch | the part of government that makes sure laws are understood correctly |
| inflation | an economic condition in which prices rise very quickly |
| Shay's Rebellion | an uprising of farmers who were angry about state taxes |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | a plan for dividing the Northwest Territory |
| What did the Americans not want their new government to have | too much power |
| when was the Articles of Confederation ratified | 1781 |
| what did the Articles of Confederation give states | freedom to rule themselves |
| what did the Articles of Confederation state | that states would be joined in a league of friendship |
| What did the Articles create | a weak central government |
| What was the only branch the Articles set up for the central government | the legislative branch |
| What was the legislative branch called | Congress |
| Waht did Congress do | make laws |
| what couldnt Congress do | collect taxes from the states |
| Which branches did the Articles not have | judicial court system and executive branch to carry out laws |
| why did the government have to borrow money | because it could not collect taxes |
| who wanted a stronger central government | the nationalist |
| what was another money problem | each state made its own money, therefore, people had trouble figuring the value of the different money |
| what happen to prices | they rose quickly, inflation |
| what did inflation do to Congress's money | made it worthless |
| What did Massachusettes do to get money to pay back debts | Tax its citizens |
| what happened when farmers could not pay taxes | the state took their farmland away |
| who was Daniel Shays | a farmer in Massachusettes |
| What did Daniel Shays do | lead a group of angry farmers in a rebellion |
| What did Shays rebellion want to do | close courts that punished people who owed money and lower taxes |
| What did Shays Rebellion attack in 1781 | a government building to get weapons, they were not successful |
| what did Shays Rebellion show Americans | that there should be a stronger government |
| What did the Treaty of Paris in 1783 give the US | a lot of land |
| What did Congress want to do with the land obtained from the Treaty of Paris | they wanted the land to become states |
| What was the Northwest Territory | part of the land obtained by the US from the Treaty of Paris in 1783 |
| What did Congress write for the Northwest Territory | the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | a plan for dividing the Northwest Territory and described how a territory could become a state |
| Why was Nationalist George Washington worried | he felt if the states were not joined under a central government the country would be ruined |
| What did Congress do in May 1787 | held a meeting to chage the Articles of Confederation |
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