Chapter 3 Section 1 Flashcards
Job of the legislature?
Makes laws
Which state was the first to write a constitution?
New Hampshire
Job of the Governor?
Enforce laws
Job of Judges & Courts?
Interpret laws
Why did most state constitutions include a bill of rights?
To guarantee rights of citizens
Why were the Articles of Confederation written?
Provided a loose system of cooperation among the states so they could defeat Great Britain.
List 2 strengths of the Articles of Confederation.
- Congress could control a national army
2. Congress could deal with a foreign government (allies)
List 2 weaknesses
- Congress couldn’t tax citizens
2. Confess couldn’t enforce it’s laws
Ordinance of 1785?
A system of surveying and selling western lands
Northwest Ordinance?
A system for admitting new states
outlawed slavery in the new western states
What was so important about these laws?
Provided for the orderly admission and administration of western territories
Describe the Treaty of Paris (singed in 1783)
A tarty between Great Britain and the US that settled the American Revolution
What caused shays rebellion?
High taxes;
A lot of farmers were going to lose their land
How was this a wake up call for all the colonies?
That they needed to revise the Articles of Confederation and that if if could happen in Massachusetts it could happen in any of the colonies
