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US History I Chpt. 5
Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the British do after the Treaty of Paris with the border issue? | Set up string of seven military posts running from northern end of Lake Champlain, through Niagara and Detroit, to tip of Michigan Peninsula |
| Why did the British hold on to the posts ? | said U.S. failed to live up to treaty terms re: debts and loyalists compensation |
| Where did they keep their troops? | In the northwest US, great lakes region |
| what area did the Spanish win over? | Florida and the Gulf Coast region east of New Orleans |
| what did the Spanish refuse to give over? | Natchez |
| What happened in 1784 with Spain? | Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to American commerce |
| What kind of goods did the British send over to the US? | Cheap goods and materials |
| What happened between the years 1784 - 1786 in the US? | U.S. suffering from post war depression |
| What effort did they give around this time? Why did the effort fail? | 1) Give Congress power to pass tariffs 2) RI refused do it failed |
| What are tariffs? | a customs duty or tax levied on imports of merchandise goods |
| What did depression and unfavorable balance push? | pushed to print money and pass debt relief measures |
| How did we deal with cash shortage before the war? | - Declaring various staple prodcuts to be a legal tender - Deliberately overvaluing foreign coins to discourage their export - Making it illegal to ship coins abroad - Printing paper money |
| After the war what did some states try to do? | tried to restore credit by imposing heavy taxes and severely restricting new issue of money |
| what happened in 1785-1786? | a majority of the states printed more money |
| what states were successful in printing more money? Unsuccessful? | 1) South Carolina New York Pennsylvania 2) Rhode Island |
| What happened in the summer of 1786? | mobs in western communities stopped foreclosures by preventing courts from operating |
| What did well-to-do Americans see Daniel Shay's Rebellion as? | "Liberty Gone Mad" |
| What happened to Shay and the rebels at the end of the rebellion? | State government sent troops who defeated the rebels and Shay escaped to Vermont |
| What states share the Potomac river? | Maryland and Virginia |
| What does Maryland send to all of the states? | Maryland sends an invitation to all of the states to meet in Annapolis and talk about the Confederation |
| What was the Annapolis Convention? | It was when most of the states met up to fix the Articles of Confederation? |
| When did the Constitutional Convention open in Philadelphia ? | May 25, 1787 |
| What did they end up doing to the Articles of Confederation? | They ended up getting rid of the Articles of Confederation and shifted to a Federal System |
| What is the difference between Democracy and a republic? | - Democracy - the people votes for everything - Republic - the people choose someone to represent and chose the decisions for them |
| What are the 3 branches of the government | - Legislative - Executive - Judicial |
| What was the Virginia Plan and who's idea was it? | 1. James Madison 2. State’s vote in Congress based on population |
| What was the New Jersey Plan and who's idea was it? | 1. William Patterson 2. Each state has equal vote in Congress |
| What was the Connecticut Plan and who's idea was it? | 1. Roger Sherman 2. Congress would have two houses |
| What were the two houses? and what did they do? | 1) Lower House: House of Representatives - state’s vote based on population 2) Upper House: Senate - Each state gets an equal votes |
| What did the south and the north believe with the counting of the slaves? | South: Slaves count, but not taxes North: Slaves don't count, but do in taxes |
| What was the Three Fifths Compromise? | It was when a slave was equal to ⅗ of a free person for both representation and taxation |
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