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| An important power that the national government lacked under the Articles of Confederation was the power to | Collect Taxes |
| The Articles of Confederation were created by the | Continental Congress |
| Why were some states unsure about approving the Constitution | It did not contain a Bill of Rights |
| The people who opposed the Constitution were known as | Anti-Federalists |
| Which event helped open Kentucky to new settlement | Completion of the Wilderness Road |
| Which is TRUE when thinking about the Annapolis Convention? | It's failure to reach a decision led to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia |
| Why did the delgates from SMALL states favor the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention? | Because it called for each state to have an equal number of representatives in Congress |
| How was slavery weakened in the years following the Revolutionary Way? | The Confederation Congress banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, The 3/5 Compromise counted only 3/5 of a state's slaves when determining a state's representation, the Constitutional Convention decided that the slave trade could be banned after 1808 |
| What is FALSE when discussing the Great Compromise? | Three-fifths of the enslaved population in a state would not be counted when calculating the states' number of representatives |
| Why did Anti-federalists dislike the proposed Constitution? | The national government would be strong |
| The new government added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution because | Stated demanded a bill of rights during the battle over ratification, it wanted to protect personal rights and freedoms, and Americans expected the same protections they had enjoyed under the English Bill of Rights |
| What had the most power under the Articles of Confederation? | The state governments |
| The FIRST Constitutional Convention was held at | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| What most likely explains why so many Americans in the 1780s feared a strong national government? | Their experiences under British rule as a colony |
| Why is James Madison known as the "Father of the Constitution"? | He wrote essays that helped gain support for the constitution, he helped to write the Virginia Plan, and he wrote the Bill of Rights |
| Why did the delegates from LARGE states favor the Virginia Plan? | Because the plan called for representation in Congress to be based on population |
| What did Patriot Patrick Henry mean when he said that he, "smellled a rat in Philadelphia, tending toward a monarchy"? | That he believed the Constitutional Convention would create a national government that was too strong |
| What event occurred FIRST? | The Articles of Confederation were written |
| Which of the following powers did the Articles of Confederation give to Congress? | The power to make treaties, the power to issue money, and the power to make war and peace |
| What decided how slaves would be counted in deciding a state's population? | The Three-Fifths Compromise |
| How did the fact that Congress had no power to tax weaken the national government created by the Articles of Confederation? | It made the national government dependent upon the states for money |
| The first Ten Amendments to the Constitution were based on | The English Bill of Rights |
| This resulted from high taxes | Shay's Rebellion |
| This created the original plan for a national government | Articles of Confederation |
| This allowed for western lands to be divided into townships | Land Ordinance of 1785 |
| This guaranteed your right to bear arms | 2nd Amendment |
| This helped to settle the land throughout Kentucky | Wilderness Road |
| This protects your personal freedoms and liberties | 1st Amendment |
| Construction of the Wilderness Road to the west opened lands held by the Shawnee and other Native American peoples in _________ to new settlement | Kentucky |
| In the system of government created by the Articles of Confederation, most of the power rested in the ... | state governments |
| Ratification of the Constitution by __________ was particularly important because it was the nation's most populous state | Virginia |
| As the most respected American of his day, _________ was selected to head the Constitutional Convention | George Washington |
| Although he had been a leading Patriot during the Revolution, ___________ refused to attend the Constitutional Convention | Patrick Henry |
