Events Leading to the Constitutional Convention

Question 1

Natural Rights

Answer 1

Life liberty and property

Question 2

Declaration of Independence

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

To protect peoples rights

Question 3

Articles of Confederation

Answer 3

First constitution, rules that all states agreed to

Question 4

Shay’s Rebellion

Answer 4

It started when Massachusetts raised taxes instead of using paper money

Question 5

Revolutionary War

Answer 5

War between British and the colonist