Articles of Confederation - Ratification

". . . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . . " ~Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776

The ideas reflected in the excerpt above show that Thomas Jefferson was majorly influenced by what movement when writing the Declaration of Independence? (CS#5)

The Enlightenment

What were some similarities between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution?

Both had a Congress to make laws

What were some differences between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution?

Under the U.S. Constitution, voting in Congress was based partly on State Populations.

Under the Articles, each state had only 1 vote regardless of its population.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the government had no power to tax. The U.S. Constitution allows the government to tax.

The Articles of Confederation had no Executive Branch. The U.S. Constitution has 3 Branches of government.

"...Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

The above passage asserts that people have a right to change their government if it fails to ____.

protect individual rights

The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it _______

convinced the French to support the Americans

Shays' Rebellion of 1786 resulted in increased support for which of the following?

revising the Articles of Confederation

What were two major features of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

It established guidelines for admitting new states on equal terms.

It also outlawed slavery in the new territories that would be formed.

The Compromise between small and large states, where the House of Representatives representation would be based on a state's population and the Senate's representation would be equal among the states, was known as?

The Great Compromise

What compromise was made between the non-slave states and the slaveholding states where each side agreed that a certain portion of the state's slave population would be counted for taxation and representation purposes?

3/5 Compromise

The new United States faced several problems in the years immediately following the Revolutionary War, one of the biggest problems facing the nation was...

The government under the Articles of Confederation could not manage the country's economy effectively.

What document created in 1777 was the United States first written constitution (or framework of government), which LOOSELY united the 13 states under one national government during the American Revolution?

The Articles of Confederation

Two of the Anti-Federalists' oppositions to the ratification of the Constitution.

The Constitution did not have a Bill of Rights

They also feared the constitution made the federal government too powerful.

The Tenth Amendment was added to the Constitution to resolve which of the following topics of debate surrounding the ratification of the Constitution?

It helped balance power between the Federal Governments and the State Governments.

Define: Tariff

A tax on imported goods

What amendment was added to the Constitution to provide a balance of power between the Federal Government and the State Governments?

10th Amendment

Many States and Anti-Federalists would not agree to support ratification of the Constitution unless what was added to protect people's life, liberty, and property from the government?

A Bill of Rights

Eighty-five essays were written during the Ratification Process to explain how power would be divided and shared between the Federal and individual State Governments. These essays explained how the Federal System divided power and responsibility among different government units.

Federalists Papers

Who were the authors of the Federalists Papers?

John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton

Supporters of Ratification of the Constitution: Wanted to create a new and stronger National/Federal Government...

Federalists

Opposed Ratification of the Constitution (did not support a stronger national government and wanted the states to maintain most government powers).

Anti-Federalists

The British were exploiting the American States economically because the U.S. Government under the Articles of Confederation could not do what?

Regulate Trade

According to a Compromise in the U.S. Constitution, the Slave Trade could not be outlawed until what year?

1808

The U.S. Constitution was completed and signed on what date?

September 17th, 1787