Creating a New Nation Chapter 7

Question 1

Common Sense

Answer 1

Thomas Paine wrote this in January 1776. He got encouraged Americans to let go of their British ways so they can start their government off fresh.

Question 2

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 2

In Western Massachusetts farmers and War, Captian Daniel Shay lead a revolution to shut down the courts to prevent them from collecting debts.

Question 3

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 3

The Northwest Ordinance, adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory.

Question 4

Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

Thomas Jefferson and others wrote the declaration of independence, The Declaration of Independence, 1776. By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ motivations for seeking independence.

Question 5

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 5

plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin in 1754 that aimed to unite the 13 colonies for trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the Crown

Question 6

Constitutional Convention

Answer 6

meeting of delegates in 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation, which produced the new U.S. Constitution

Question 7

Articles of Confederation

Answer 7

this document, the nations first constitution, was adopted by the second continental congress in 1781during the revolution. the document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage

Question 8

Land Act of 1785

Answer 8

helped to establish new towns by establishing surveying techniques for the wilderness and fair ways to distribute land