A New Nation

Question 1

Articles of Confederation

Answer 1

Written document that established how the US gov would function after it declared independence from Great Britain
-product of war to attempt to organize states
-written in 1777

Question 2

Constitutional Convention

Answer 2

All states (except RI meet in 1787 to revise articles of confederation
-problems: struggle to pay back war debts, national security
-challenges: balancing interests of small and large states, heavily dependent on enslaved labor, concerns about excessive democracy w/o tyranny in centralized government

Question 3

What were the US’s questions on how to settle west?

Answer 3

Wars with indigenous groups and how to make money or establish a “common good” with western land claims

Question 4

The constitution

Answer 4

lays out the basic structure of the gov (responsibilities, enables US to levy taxes, foreign policy, regulate relations between states)
-Women not given legal standing//lack of political participation yet advocated for political rights

Question 5

Abigail Adams: Remember the Ladies

Answer 5

Abigail wrote letters to her husband, JQA, asking him to “remember the ladies” when constructing a new government
-Showed how women had limited societal rights and were determined to receive a voice within societal and familial structure

Question 6

The bill of rights

Answer 6

The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution guaranteeing the right of freedom in 1791 (religion, speech, press)