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| what did the leaders of the new american nation recall |
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| how the king and parliment in faraway england has exerted excessive power over colonial legislatures |
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| many ____ favored a ____ in which.... |
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americans
republic
the states had more power than central government |
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| as the ____ ____ began moving toword ____ in ____ ...... |
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continental congress
independence 1776
leaders in individual states began creating governmens. 11 of 13 states wrote new constitutions to support their governments |
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| instead of using constitution 2 other states ____ and __..... |
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| rhode island and connecticut kept using their colonial charters but removed all refrenses to the british king |
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| state constitutions, americans were well aware of the problems that had led to the revolution |
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| colonists had been ....... so the knew constitution...... |
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unhappy with governors appointed by the British Crown
minimized the powers of state governors and instead gave most of the power to state legislatures elected by people |
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| the ____ served as the states ____. they _____ but usually the ______ |
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| governor, executive, appoined key state officials. legislaure had to approve the appoinments |
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| the new constitution ..... nonetheless... |
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allowed more people to vote in colonial times
all but few states barred African Americans from voting (including the free ones) |
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| _____ allowed some ___ to ____ until _____ but, |
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| New jersey, women, vote , 1807, but women could not vote in any other state |
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| white males had to be 21 or older. in most states, they also had to own a certain amount of property |
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| the DOI isted ways that...to prevent this.... |
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| britain had violated the rights of colonists, states sought to protect individual rights |
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| _____ was the first state to include....its list included... |
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| Virginia, a bill of rights in its constitiution. Its lists included freedom of the press and the right to trial by jury, freedom of religion and it also barred "cruel and unusual punishments" |
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| what 3 states included freedom of religion in their bill of rights |
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massachusetts
virginia
and NY |
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| how did massachusetts bill differ from the others |
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| it declared that people had the freedom to worship as they please, as long as they did not disturb the public peace or interfere with other peoples freedom of worship |
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| congress adopted the articles in __ |
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| instead of having 3 branches.... |
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| the govt under articles had one branch- a one-house legislature called congress. There was no executive and no system of national courts |
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| all states would be equal and each had a singe vote. Before a law could go into effect, 9 states had to agree |
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| the ____ of the AOC kept in mind their complaints |
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| parliment had passed laws..... |
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| that the colonists considered unfair |
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| didn't want to risk giving too much power to a central goernment far from the people so the articles provided for a limited central government |
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| under the articles most of the power...... |
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| remained in the hands of the states |
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| congress couldnt........so it had to ..... |
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| reglate trade or collect taxes. ask states for money it needed |
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| what powers did congress have under the articles |
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| deal with foriegn nations and with native americans outside the 13 states, make laws, declare war, coin or borrow money, and run a postal service |
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| the articles had to be approved by...but.... |
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| all 13 states, some states would not give their approval until other states dropped their claims to vast areas of land west of the App mountains. it took years to get al states to give up claims |
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| _____ was the final state to agree in ___. only then did _____.... |
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| Virginia 1781, maryland approve AOC |
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| the ___ lands that the states gave up were... |
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| western, turned over to the national government. they proved to be very valuable. land was in great demand. it could be sold off piece by piece to private companies seeking to develope western settlements |
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| congress had to devise a system for .... |
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| land sales and settlement |
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| under the ______ of _____ surveyors.. |
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| land ordinance 1785, were to divide public lands into townships. resulting in a grid of squares that were sold. within each township, 1 sec was set asside to support schools. which reflected the belief of the nations leaders that democracy depended on education |
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| investors, buy land in the NW territory, noth of ohio river. they pressed congress to determine how this area would be governed. |
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| in response to the investors, congress... |
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| passes the NW ordinance of 1787, it gauranteed the basic rights for settlers and baned slavery there |
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| what did the NW ordinance do |
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| set up a 3 step process for admitting new states |
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| when a territory was just starting to be settled.... |
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| congres would appoint a governeor, a secratary and three judges. when it had 5000 adult males, it could elect a legislature, whn it reached 60,000, the territory could ask to become a state |
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| which 5 states were carved out of the NW territory |
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ohio
indiana
illinois
michigan
wisconsin |
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waged a succesful war for independence
negociated a peace treatty with britain
set up rules for settling new territories |
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| under the articles each state.... |
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| set its own trade policy. Each tried to help its own farmers and manufacturers by setting taxes on gods bought in from other states. this discourages trade among states and each state printed its own money which made trading harder |
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| abecause the US seemed to be weak, ... |
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| powerful nations viewed it with scorn. British didnt turn over forts in NW, spanish refused to let american ships products down the miss river. so western farmers had to send profucts along rugged appalachian mountains(far more costly) |
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| in mid _____, a severe... |
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| 1780, economic depression hit the us. it deeoend and there was a widespread despair and anger |
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| the depression hit ____ especially hard |
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| how did the depression effect mass |
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| farmers were effected because since crop prices declined, many were unable to pay taxes. the gov bean sizing some farms and seling them for money. angry farmers demanded they stop and that the state issue more paper money to make it easier to get lones ( it didnt work) |
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| a former war captain named daniel shays led an uprising of about 1,000 mass farmers. when they tried to seize arms form the state warehouse, the state called out the militia. shays and other leaders were arrested |
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| although shays rebellion fizled....in responce, congress... |
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| it had frightend some leading americans. they belived that a stronger central government would protect against popular unrest. asked the states to dsend delegates to a convention in philedelphia 1787 so they could revise the AOC |
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