writing of the Declaration of Independence. If the people gave the government their power‚ the people can take it away. However‚ after we gained our independence‚ natural rights philosophy did not justify any more revolutions in our country. Daniel Shays was the first to attempt another revolution. He and his group of followers began to protest the Articles of Confederation in ways similar to the protests of the colonists during the revolutionary war‚ but instead of being
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Thesis: After the French and Indian War the British and North American colonies relationship was negatively altered‚ for the Americans‚ in that the Political and Economic control tightened. Land Acquisition ● ● ● ● Proclamation Act: Pontiac’s Rebellion: Paxton Boys: Dispute over Canadian land Politics ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Economics Tightened the order Stamp Act Tea Act Townshend Act Sugar Act War debts Declaratory Act (challenge over parliament’s power): parliament has power over colonial
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AP US HISTORY Summer Assignment Francis Lewis HS 1. What distinguished the American Revolution from others? The American Revolution was different from all other revolutions because it was the first successful attempt that established a government. Another thing that distinguished this revolution from the others is that it did not occur from within. 2. Why does Ellis think this is significant? Ellis thinks that the distinguishing factors are significant because the American Revolution
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-What factors and events prompted the push to create a more centralized government & to hold the Constitutional Convention of 1787?- Shays Rebellion Society of Cincinnati Weakness of the Articles of the Confederation Merchants wanted 13 different state commercial policies with one nation Large property owners looked for protection due to Shays Rebellion Feared disorder and violence -Characterize the role(s) or attitudes each of the following had toward the creation & ratification of
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established. The northern Territories were also declared free of slavery. 3. Why was Shay’s Rebellion such a dangerous situation for the new USA? Shay’s Rebellion‚ an uprising of central and western Massachusetts farmers‚ started because the government did not pass laws that would forgive debt and print more money. The farmers needed this because the area was experiencing an economic crisis. Daniel Shays‚ a former member of the Continental Army led the cause. The cause was dangerous because so
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French/Hungarian/Italian/whatever"‚ and be proud of who they are and identify with their nationality‚ not allowing other nations to press on them and control them -- at least not without a fight and an attempt of resistance. (; ^ of yahoo answers Shays rebellion Farmers got mad at government for not passing stay laws Virginia plan Proposed by Randolph and made more open by james madison Made the three branches of government to keep checks within the republican government to make sure no one had to
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a huge role with the Federalists taking a loose stance and the Republicans a stricter view. Because of Hamilton’s continued economic changes it sparked the Whiskey Rebellion. This gave the government a test of its ability to enforce its power. This was a great change because a few years earlier the government couldn’t subdue Shays Rebellion. Later on the early domestic affairs escalated with the incoming of foreign affairs. Thus proving that without the first dealings with domestic affairs the
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Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution AP US History 1.|Abigail Adams| 2.|Daniel Shays| 3.|Alexander Hamilton| 4.|James Madison| 5.|Gouverneur Morris| 6.|Thomas Jefferson| 7.|primogeniture| 8.|federation| 9.|checks and balances| 10.|sovereignty| 11.|“mobocracy”| 12.|consent of the governed| 13.|republicanism| 14.|states’ rights| 15.|popular sovereignty| 16.|confederation| 17.|anarchy| 18.|republican motherhood| 19.|loose confederation| 20.|civic virtue| 21.|nonimportation
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served as its first constitution. The new Constitution provided for a much stronger national government with a chief executive (the president)‚ courts‚ and taxing powers Shay’s Rebellion: armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays‚ a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. Virginia Plan: proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted
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1. Deficiencies in Confederation To weak Could not levy taxes‚ had economic problems causing social unrest Not strong enough to hold states together Regulations state to state hard to deal No uniform tax‚ different taxes in each state Rebellions with direct challenge towards congress for more national government or even a dictatorship‚ unable to deal with national problems 2. American Manufactures- replace state tariffs with uniformly high national duty Merchants and shippers- single
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