Constitution Flashcard Review

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A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them.

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Republic

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A government that has two legislative chambers/houses.

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Bicameral system of government

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What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?

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The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

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The House of Burgesses is important in history because it was the...

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first elected legislative body in America

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The House of Burgesses gave male land-owning colonists the right to...

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be involved in creating their own laws

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Why were farmers in Massachusetts so upset in 1786 and 1787? Options: The US was getting ready to go to war with France and they'd have to be soldiers again, The national government kept raising taxes on farmers to pay off the war debt, They were losing their farms because they could not afford the taxes on them, No one would buy their crops because they were over priced

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They were losing their farms because they could not afford the taxes on them

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Who emerged as a leader of the veterans and farmers' rebellion in 1787?

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Daniel Shays

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How did Shays' Rebellion lead people to question the Articles of Confederation?

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People worried about having a weak central government.

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Which is a weakness of the Articles of Confederation? Options: Congress couldn't collect taxes, Lack of control over trade, Provided for no common currency, All of the these

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All of the these

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The weaknesses of the Articles of the Confederation led to an effort to create a new _____________.

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Constitution