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. unicameral legislature  Shay’s Rebellion

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Repay the Debt National Gov’t pay both national & state debts National Bank A place to deposit taxes, provide sound currency & make loans to the national gov’t Whiskey Tax Way 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.