most recognized revolt is the Shays’ Rebellion. This was the result of the determination of the Massachusetts Legislature to pay off the state ’s war debt through an aggressive taxation policy despite the hard times. The government insisted that people pay their taxes in hard money rather than in goods or paper currency made a bad situation worse (Kaufman). The outrage was recognized by the delegates and led to the Constitutional
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Quiz for U.S. Constitution Class Page 1‚ Chapter 1 The origins of representative democracy can be traced to _________________________. ancient Greece @ ancient Rome ancient Egypt medieval England the French Enlightenment Correct. The origins of representative democracy (as opposed to direct democracy) can be traced to ancient Rome. Who benefited from the Magna Carta? King John of England King Louis of France @the English nobility British colonists all British subjects
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statehood and forbade the expansion of slavery into the territories. Antifederalists: Opposed a strong central government‚ skeptical about undemocratic tendencies in the Constitution. Shays’s Rebellion: A rebellion by debtor farmers in western Massachusetts‚ led by Revolutionary War Captain Daniel Shays‚ against Boston creditors. “The Federalist”: A series of newspaper articles written by John Jay‚ James Madison‚ and Alexander Hamilton‚ the Federalist Papers
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How did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the period immediately following it deal with the issue of the debate between those who supported a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states? The Philadelphia Convention was an assembly of the brightest minds of American politics in 1787. Emerging from it was the Constitution of the United States‚ which gave the national government more power‚ but kept them restrained through a system of checks and balances
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Christopher Columbus and George Washington were considered strong admirable men during their time. They both had to push through many obstacles that they faced throughout their life to accomplish the goals that they wanted to embrace. Although they had a few similarities in the way they overcame those challenges‚ they did however accomplish these ambitions with separate mindsets and had difference’s in their ideas to succeed. One of Christopher Columbus’s main goals that he wanted to achieve in
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is not natural because there are recorded instances of camaraderie and cooperation between black slaves and white servants in escaping from and in opposing their subjugation. Chapter 3‚ "Persons of Mean and Vile Condition" describes Bacon’s Rebellion‚ the economic conditions of the poor in the colonies‚ and opposition to their poverty. Chapter 4‚ "Tyranny is Tyranny" covers the movement for "leveling" (economic equality) in the colonies and the causes of the American Revolution. Zinn argues
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AP Exam Essays 2001-2010 2010 AP Exam Essays 1. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 2. Analyze the political‚ diplomatic‚ and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783. 3. Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming
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When the Constitution was being written and ratified‚ there were two main political factions‚ each having ideas that were vastly diverse from each other. While Thomas Jefferson was an anti-Federalist‚ many of the other Constitution makers were Federalists. John Adams‚ a Federalist‚ was elected as the second American president in 1796 and served in office until 1800. Thomas Jefferson’s election is termed “The Revolution of 1800” because so many of his ideas contrasted with those of the previous president
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succeed. They also passed laws such as the Alien acts‚ and Sedition Acts the government had the power to pass law even when it was not stated in the constitution. In Pennsylvania a rebellion broke out in response to the new taxes. In response to the Whiskey Rebellion Washington sent soldiers to put down the ideas of rebellion. By Washington being able to add these laws and taxes show the expansion of the Federal government under his presidency. 2. The Federal Government power grew extensively during
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the repeal of taxes were all issues that helped maintain his philosophy of government as well as alter it. One way Thomas Jefferson was able to keep his beliefs in tact was by the repealing of the excise tax. Jefferson’s view on the excise tax of whiskey (Doc A) was that it was an infernal one and will break apart the Union. This excise tax
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