Shays’ Rebellion and The Articles of Confederation

Today’s Content Objective;• Key Vocab Terms• State’s Rights• Ideas about building a country• Share your understanding

Key Vocab Terms Popular Sovereignty

The idea that “people are the highest authority. Each STATE identified “the people according to their own culture and identity

Articles Of Confederation The Articles of Confederation created a central

government after we won The Revolution. Most power still rested in the states.

The purpose of the central government was diplomacy, printing money, resolving controversies between the states

unicameral legislature - unicameral meaning it only had one body or house.

Shay’s Rebellion

Shay’s Rebellion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImIEcsTEVo

Repay the Debt

National Gov’t pay both

national & state debts

National BankA place to

deposit taxes, provide sound

currency & make loans to the national

gov’t

Whiskey TaxWay to raise money from

western farmers

Protective Tariff• Tariff- a tax on

imported foreign goods which would protect American industries from foreign competition

Hamilton’s Financial Plan

Turn and Talk; Share notes(10 min) Answer 2 of these questions

1. What are the pros and cons of a strong central government?

2. Why would the idea of poor farmers rebelling be scary to many of the people at the Constitutional Convention?

3. Why might many textbooks make it seem like everyone wanted a strong central government after Shays’ Rebellion?

Precedent - an action taken for the first time, which is followed by others afterwards

Domestic policy – refers to government policies dealing with conditions within the nation

Foreign policy – concerns or relations with other countries

Cabinets – a group of officials in charge of executive departments

Terms

Bottom Line: Despite republican fears of both centralized

power and excessive popular influence, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention will centralize power into a stronger federal government under the Constitution after Shays’ Rebellion.