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| What was the plan for the new government called? |
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| Articles of confederation |
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| What was the only branch of the government said by the Articles of Confederation |
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| Why was Congress in debt? |
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| Because it needed to borrow money to fight for the revolution and each state printed different money which had different values |
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| How did inflation affect congress |
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| Because of these high pricies, congress could not pay them |
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| Why was congress powerless? |
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| Because the Articles of confederation say they can't make rules for trade |
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| What caused Shays' rebellion? |
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| Farmers could not pay taxes so they are being thrown in jail |
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| He was a man who fought at the battle of bunker hill, Ticonderoga, Saratoga |
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| What did Daniel Shays do about the taxes? |
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| He forms a ragtag army in Springfield, Massachusetts and attacks a warehouse to get more weapons. They were unsuccessful. |
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| What did Daniel Shays do about the taxes? |
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| He forms a ragtag army in Springfield, Massachusetts and attacks a warehouse to get more weapons. They were unsuccessful. |
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| What happened when Britan signed the Treaty of Paris? |
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| It gave the states the Northwest Territory |
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| What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? |
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| It said the Territory would be divided into smaller territories |
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| What are the steps for a territory to become a state? |
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1. Congress would name a govenor and three judges
2.When the population reached 5,000 they would elect a legeslature
3. When the population reached 60,000 it can ask or petition to become a state
4.When Congress ratified the petition, the state would stand on equal footing |
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| What are the rules for the Northwest territory? |
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| No slavery, the freedom of rights, speech, trial, religion. And it would start public school in the territories |
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