Chapter 5 Flashcards
Maintained arm forces, borrow money
2 powers of congress
No power to tax or pass a law unless states voted in favor of it
Weaknesses
Shays rebellion
Daniel shay leads a rebellion of 1,000 farmers
-farmers couldn’t pay their debts and had land taken away
Wrote preamble and helped write and edit much of the document. wrote final draft of the constitution
Gouverneur Morris
Father of constitution
James madison
Proportional: representation based by state population
Virginia plan
Presented by William Patterson: 2 equal. Representation from each state
New jersey plan
Government could not regulate slave trade until 1808
Slave trade compromise
Approved of the Constitution and wanted a strong central government
Federalists
Feared a strong central government, powers should be distributed to the states.
Anti federalists
Established 1777, known as 1st government of the 13 colonies, each state has 1 vote
Articles of Confederation