Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Reading and Outline Questions
1. How did the Revolution affect the following aspects of American life: democracy, commerce, religion and the separation of church and state, slavery, women’s rights?
2. How were early state constitutions structured? (A hint: think about the three branches of government we have today. Were they all present in these early Constitutions? Also, what was the relationship of individual states to the federal government?)
3. How was the Articles of Confederation (1781) more a “firm league of friendship” than a cohesive national government? Which powers were left to states and which were claimed by the federal government?
4. How was the federal government structured under the Articles? Did the federal government have legislative, executive and judicial branches, and if so, what shape did they take?
5. What are the Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 and why are they important? What promises from the Articles did they fulfill?
6. What international problems with England, Spain, France, and the Barbary Pirates continued to affect American in the 1780s? Use this SD: Vermont, West Indian trade, smuggling, Canadian border, Treaty of Paris, Mississippi River, trade in KY and TN, Florida, Native Americans in GA and NC, Mediterranean pirates.
7. How did the economic conditions of the 1780s and the fear of the “rabble” (lower class Americans who were uneducated and didn’t own large amounts of property) lead to the founding fathers wanting increased federalism in the new Constitution? Use this SD: request system for federal taxation, debt from the Revolutionary War, states fighting with one another, Shays’ Rebellion.
8. Who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and what interests did they represent? Who didn’t attend and what interests remained unrepresented?
9. Describe the two biggest compromises that were forged in making the new Constitution happen. Use this SD: “Great Compromise,” VA Plan, NJ
1. How did the Revolution affect the following aspects of American life: democracy, commerce, religion and the separation of church and state, slavery, women’s rights?
2. How were early state constitutions structured? (A hint: think about the three branches of government we have today. Were they all present in these early Constitutions? Also, what was the relationship of individual states to the federal government?)
3. How was the Articles of Confederation (1781) more a “firm league of friendship” than a cohesive national government? Which powers were left to states and which were claimed by the federal government?
4. How was the federal government structured under the Articles? Did the federal government have legislative, executive and judicial branches, and if so, what shape did they take?
5. What are the Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787 and why are they important? What promises from the Articles did they fulfill?
6. What international problems with England, Spain, France, and the Barbary Pirates continued to affect American in the 1780s? Use this SD: Vermont, West Indian trade, smuggling, Canadian border, Treaty of Paris, Mississippi River, trade in KY and TN, Florida, Native Americans in GA and NC, Mediterranean pirates.
7. How did the economic conditions of the 1780s and the fear of the “rabble” (lower class Americans who were uneducated and didn’t own large amounts of property) lead to the founding fathers wanting increased federalism in the new Constitution? Use this SD: request system for federal taxation, debt from the Revolutionary War, states fighting with one another, Shays’ Rebellion.
8. Who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and what interests did they represent? Who didn’t attend and what interests remained unrepresented?
9. Describe the two biggest compromises that were forged in making the new Constitution happen. Use this SD: “Great Compromise,” VA Plan, NJ