The Confederation and Constitution
Study Questions
Chapter 9
1. In the Revolutionary period through 1783-1789, there were a lot of statements and rights regarding tyranny effects. US Constitution gave out the laws that actually formed the government. Most importantly, Bill of Rights that have first 10 amendments regarding the constitution that gave the US all of the important statements that were used in the Declaration of Independence. Also, Thomas Jefferson stated how everyone is equal and that slaves should and they weren’t being treated equally. To add on, some women also got some right to be able to vote.
2. Back in American Revolution, women were considered to be a house wife, so without any special work or authority. However, rights changed a bit and women were capable of running farms, home, or business. Really important woman that had big influence was Abigail Adams that hoped to see that men can actually see how women have abilities beyond of just being a simple house wife.
While in the North, the whole situation was different. The north wanted the freeing of slaves because many of them participated in the Continental Army. The South, however, they saw slavery was fully important to the economy and they did not want to spare the free labor as the north was. That was one of the reasons for the black people to stand up for themselves.
3. Problems that were occurring were that 13 colonists were still fighting for their Independence while Articles of Confederation had the most power retained by the states. There was no President or any other independent executive, but also there was no a federal judicial branch. The only power was the Congress, but they were able to enforce the laws on the states or their people, which was pretty bad because states itself were permitted to coin their own money. Congress couldn’t tax the states or the people so the only request founds would go to the government.
4. By being under the