Unit 4: Constitution and Government

What was the main purpose of the Articles of Confederation?

• To create a monarchy

• To establish rules for how the states would work together

• To form a national army

• To collect taxes directly from citizens

Who was the leader of the Confederation Congress after the Articles were created?

• George Washington

• John Hanson

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

Why were the representatives concerned about taxes?

• They wanted to raise taxes for everyone

• They believed in “no taxation without representation”

• They didn’t want to pay taxes at all

• They wanted to create a national tax

What did the leaders decide to do when they recognized the Articles weren’t working well?

• Fight a war to change the government

• Call a constitutional convention to discuss changes

• Leave the country

• Ignore the problems

How did the government change this time, compared to the past?

• Through fighting and wars

• With discussions, debates, and votes

• By ignoring the issues

• By appointing a king

Reorder the following

• both big and small states

• The Great Compromise

• balanced

• so everyone felt

• they had a fair chance to be heard in the government

The debate and compromise about each enslaved African American being counted as three-fifths of a person was because of​ ​ ​ (a)  

• representation purposes
• taxation purposes
• constitutional purposes
• voting purposes

What was one of the greatest challenges of the constitutional convention?

• deciding between a king and a president

• fighting between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists

• deciding how to count the population of enslaved people

• dividing the power between the federal and state governments