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Chapter 8 studyguide

Creating the Constitution

QuestionAnswer
List all of the things that the Articles of Confederation did for the plan of goverment Made war and peace, raise an army and a navy, print money, set up a postal system
What was it that limited the powers of congress in the Aricles of Confederation? By the inability of congress to impose taxes
What are the two things that the states quarreled over even before the revolutionary war ended? Boundaries and taxes on goods that crossed state borders.
What was one important issue that Congress did get the states to agree on? How to devolop the western lands aquired by the U.S. in the treaty of paris
Why did the Massachusetts farmers rebel? They couldn't earn enough money to pay off their debt and taxes-they had to sell their land and livesock
What did Shay's rebellion shock Congress into doing? Into calling for a convention to consider the situation of the U.S.
Who was the Father of the Constitution? James Madison of Virginia
Why and how did he influence the Constitutional Convention? He took notes-600 pages-sat near the frnt, addressed the convention more than 200 times and he prepared for it
In what way were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan the same? They both called for a goverment with 3 branches
On the chart on page 109 "population of the states 1790" what was an important challenge or major issue that the constitiutional convention faced? How to determine representation for each state in the new goverment
Name 3 states that would most likely favor representation based on population. Virginia, Pennsylvania,North Carolina
Describe "The Great Comphrimise" They combined the Virginia Plan-based on population- and the New Jersey Plan-equal number of representations- to make 2 houses of congress the house of represetatives-based on population-and the senate-2 people from each state
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