Name 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
No power to tax, no national judiciary, unanimous consent to amend, no ability to regulate commerce, no ability to raise a national army, no executive branch
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What event showed the weaknesses of the Articles and convinced many leaders that changes were needed?
Shays’ Rebellion
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What Enlightenment thinker argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property?
John Locke
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Which group supported ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
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Powers kept by the states are called what?
Reserved powers
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The idea that government power comes from the people.
Popular sovereignty
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Which group worried that the new national government would become too powerful?
Anti-Federalists
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Which founding document says that people have the right to alter or abolish a government that does not protect their rights?
The Declaration of Independence
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What clause requires states to respect one another’s public acts, records, and court decisions?
Full Faith and Credit Clause
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What is federalism?
A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
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Which compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation?
The Three-Fifths Compromise
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Why did many Americans originally support a weak national government under the Articles?
They feared a strong central government like the British monarchy
