Chp 5 Section 1

Experimenting with Confederation

Americans Debate Republicanism

• Colonies each had own agendas, people associated w/colonies, not country

• Republicanism• Gov’t based on consent of people

• State constitutions– Similarities: rights of citizens, emphasis on

liberty– Differences: right to vote

• NJ: loophole allowed women right to vote

• ______ 1. A republic is a government in which• a. citizens rule directly.• b. citizens rule through their elected representatives.• c. supreme power rests with a national government.• ______ 2. Republicanism is the idea that• a. a strong national government should hold supreme

power.• b. governments should be based on the consent of the

people.• c. government is necessary to force people to place the

national good above their personal interests.

Continental Congress Setting up a new gov’t

• Representation– By population or by state?

• Each state, 1 vote

• Supreme Power– Can it be divided?

• Articles of Confederation– State and national gov’t had areas each were in charge

• Western Lands– Who gets them?

• States gave up claims to western lands, Maryland approved Artcls of Confederation

• ______ 3. A confederation is• a. an alliance.• b. a democracy.• c. a division of power between a central

government and local governments.• ______ 4. A tariff is a tax on• a. income.• b. exported goods.• c. imported goods.

Problems w/ Articles of Confederation

• Lack of national unity– Each state pursued own goals– No recognition of populations w/in states– 100% approval required for any amendment

• Inability to pay debt– Continental Congress unable to tax

• Foreign-relations problems– British creditors unpaid, British military stayed in forts– Spanish closed off access to Mississippi R.

• ______ 5. The Land Ordinance of 1785 was• a. a law establishing a plan for surveying western lands.• b. an agreement to divide the western lands among the states.• c. an agreement in which the states gave up claims to western

lands.

• ______ 6. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787• a. claimed all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains for the

United States.• b. established procedures for western lands to become territories

and, eventually, states.• c. established procedures by which the original states could legalize

claims to western lands.