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What year did the United States declare its independence?
1776
How did Locke influence the Declaration of Independence?
Natural Rights that government should protect.
How did Rousseau influence the Declaration of Independence?
Right to protest government.
What is a Preamble?
An introduction
What were the Natural Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
List and explain three grievances in the Declaration of Independence.
King did not allow migrants to move to the colonists
Taxed no representation
No making a judicial system
What is the purpose of the last section of the Declaration of Independence?
Declare Independence
Under the Articles of Confederation, who had more power, the states or the national government?
the states
Describe the government set up in the Articles.
there was representative from each state and they meet and talked in on congress nothing else.
What were some of the accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation?
The articles of the feds made a central government.
List and explain three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
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Why was it hard to pay back the debt from the Revolutionary War under the Articles of Confederation?
The states got to pick how much money they gave and they would not give up money.
How was Shay’s Rebellion a wake-up call that the Articles of Confederation were not working?
There was no one to help massachusetts stop the rebellion.
Why did delegates from individual states meet in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787?
To discuss the issues of the Articles of the feds
What does bicameral mean?
Two parts of legislative party.
What was the meeting where the Constitution was created called?
Constitutional Convention
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