Warm Up 12/3 Why did Shays Rebellion occur? What did it prove to many people? What did Alexander Hamilton and James Madison call for?
1. How did many Americans feel about the Articles of Confederation? They were too weak to handle the problems facing the Gov t.
2. What did America enter following the Revolutionary War? They went through a depression, a period when economic activity slowed and unemployment increased.
3. What did the British close to American Merchants? The profitable West Indies in the Caribbean.
4. Why were farmers being imprisoned? They could not pay the taxes that states were asking them to pay.
5. What did a farmer named Daniel Shay lead? Farmers were angry at the new Gov t. Shay led them to a federal arsenal in Springfield Mass. The state Militia killed 4 of them stopping the Rebellion.
6. What were many Americans worried about? That the new Gov t could not control unrest and prevent violence.
7. What did 11 states do at this time period? Outlawed or heavily taxed the importation of enslaved people. All except South Carolina and Georgia.
8. What did a group of Quakers organize? The first American antislavery group. PA eventually passed laws freeing its slaves.
9. Why did many states south of Pennsylvania hold onto their slaves? Their plantation economy depended on them. Some did begin to free slaves though.
10. Define Manumission- The freeing of individual enslaved persons.
11. What would it take to eventually end slavery in this country? Years of debate. Bloodshed And the bloodiest war in this country has ever known.
12. Did all leaders want a strong national Gov t? Absolutely not! Some state leaders liked having their own independent state governments.
13. What two Americans demanded a change to the Articles of Confederation? James Madison and Alexander Hamilton.
14. Why did George Washington decide to attend this new convention? He was worried about the Union because of Shays Rebellion.
Warm Up 1/9 10.What was the Virginia Plan? Who Supported it? 11. What was the New Jersey Plan? Who Supported it? 12. What was the Great Compromise? EXPLAIN IT!
15. Where and When and Who- Constitutional Convention Philadelphia May 1787 55 delegates.
16. Who is considered the Father of Constitution? James Madison He was the author of the basic plan of Gov t that convention adopted.
17. How many votes did each state get at the convention? 1 vote for each state. Meetings could only take place if 7 of the 13 states were present.
NO! 18. Was the convention public? They kept the sessions secret that way they could talk Freely.
19. What did the Virginia plan call for? 1. A two house legislature. 2. A Chief Executive. 3. A Court System.
20. How would representatives be determined in each house? The number of Representatives in both houses would be proportional, corresponding in size to the population of each state.
21. Which states immediately objected to this? Why? The Small States! They wanted all states to be represented equally.
22. What did William Patterson of New Jersey feel the convention should do? Just revise the Articles of Confederation. No need to change everything.
23. What was contained in the New Jersey Plan? Kept the Confederation s one-house legislature, one vote for each state. Congress could set taxes and regulate trade. Would have a weak executive branch with more than one person.
24. Define Compromise- An agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
25. What did Roger Sherman propose in the Great Compromise? Two house legislature. Upper House- Senate, each state gets two Reps. Lower House- House of Representativeseach state gets Reps based on population.
26. What was the 3/5 s Compromise? Each enslaved person would count as 3/5 s of a person for both taxation and representation.
27. What timeline did the Congress set for dealing with Slavery? The North could not interfere with slavery in the South until 1808.
28. What did George Mason argue the Constitution needed? A Bill of Rights to protect people s rights. Mason refused to sign the Constitution because there was no Bill of Rights.
29. When was the Constitution signed? September 17, 1787. Still needed to be approved by 9 of the 13 states.