Chapter 6 pt2 APUSH Flashcards
What questions were the patriots confronted with upon declaring independence.
Would power reside in national gov. or states?
How did patriots amplify the principles of popular sovereignty/republicanism?
(mostly Pennsylvania) Scots-Irish farmers, artisans, intellectuals ousted every office holder of Penn’s gov., abolished property ownership as qualification for voting, and granted tax paying men the right to vote and hold office
*Pennsylvania constitution of 1776 created what?
A one-house legislature with complete power;
there was no governor to exercise a veto. Other provisions mandated a system of elementary education and protected citizens from imprisonment for debt
What aspects of PA constitution were most offensive to John Adams?
“wanted to restrict office holding to “men of learning, leisure and easy circumstances” and warned of oppression under majority rule.”
“they will vote all property out of the hands of you aristocrats.”
What did John Adams advocate?
Mixed government (British Whig theory) To disperse authority and preserve liberty, he insisted on separate institutions: -legislators make laws -executive carry them out -judiciary will enforce
*average citizens now had _______
greater power at the polls and greater influence in the
halls of government
What impact did republican ideals have on gender roles and expectations during the revolutionary era.
upper-class women engaged in political debate and wrote on opinions with public issues.
Eliza Wilkinson-
most women did
not insist on civic equality with men; many sought only
an end to restrictive customs and laws
Abigail Adams-
demanded equal legal rights for married women, who
under common law could not own property, enter into
contracts, or initiate lawsuits
“Men would be tyrants if they continued to hold such power over women,”
Judith Sargent Murray-
men and women had
equal capacities for memory and that women had
superior imaginations.
Women were inferior to men in judgment and reasoning, but only from lack of training:
How did the revolutionary commitment to liberty and the protection of property affect LOYALIST’s?
- severe financial loss
- seizure of property (sold in auctions)
How did the revolutionary commitment to liberty and the protection of property affect Native Americans?
-(natural advantages)/Land claims took away Native American land
How did the revolutionary commitment to liberty and the protection of property affect Enslaved African Americans?
- fought to protect property right
- any calls for emancipation met violent objections
What were the articles of confederation?
Each state retains its freedom and independence, and as equals the state had 1 vote on important laws.
What were the weaknesses of the articles of confederation?
It had neither a chief executive nor a judiciary.
Though it could make treaties, it could not enforce
