Articles of Confederation Shays’ Rebellion
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Answer Key Articles of Confederation * Did not want to give the Central Government (Congress) too much power. *Placed the power in the People’s Hands * Republic- government which citizens rule through elected representatives. *All 13 states had to agree to the Articles and any Amendments * Only 9/13 states had to agree to make laws Articles of Confederation Could Articles of Confederation Could NOT * Handle Foreign Affairs *Regulate Trade *Maintain Armed Forces- but only use against Foreign issues and not against the citizens * Force people to join the Army *Borrow Money * Impose Taxes *Issue Currency *Require states to use the central form of currency Shays’ Rebellion *After the war, the British closed the West Indies market to farmers. Being unable to trade, the farmers went into debt. *Damage to Southern plantations from the war caused rice crops to drop. *Due to farmers being unable to pay their taxes and debts, their farms were taken and some were thrown into jail. *Daniel Shays, a former militiaman himself, faced these troubles too. He led a rebellion to try to close the courts and stop judges from taking farmers lands. *After warning shots overhead by the Massachusetts militia, and another round of shots killing four men, Shays and his men retreated. *This led to unrest by the people realizing that such a weak government could not protect them from violence. * After this, the power to maintain an army was given to congress in the creation of the constitution Great Compromise * Roger Sherman suggested a plan that would settle the disagreement in congress between the New Jersey and Virginia Plans. *The Legislative Branch (Congress) would be split into two houses- Senate, House of Representatives. *Each house in the Legislative Branch would represent a different plan. Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan *James Madison created this plan *William Patterson created this plan *had three branches of government *Had three branches of government *Represented Larger States *Represented smaller States * Delegates (Votes) would be given based *Delegates (Votes) would be given the same on population to each state regardless of size *Became Plan for the House of Representatives *Became Plan for the Senate
*September 1786 55 Delegates met to discuss changes to the Articles of Confederation *Decided on a Federalist form of government where states and the central government would share powers with the central government having more powers *Settled on a Democracy (government led by the people) with a republic (people rule through elected officials) *Debated stopping slave trade into America but decided to not stop just yet in order to have the Southern states agree to the constitution.
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