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“What then may we expect if the new constitution be adopted as it now stands? The great will struggle for power, honor and wealth; the poor become a prey to avarice, insolence and oppression. And while some are studying to supplant their neighbors, and others striving to keep their stations, one villain will wink at the oppression of another, the people be fleeced, and the public business neglected. From despotism and tyranny good Lord deliver us.”

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1) What were the 3/5 of slaves counted for?
2) How did the Great Compromise incorporate both the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?
3) Why didn't the southern states want slaves to be counted for taxes?
4) Why didn't the northern states want slaves to be counted towards representation?
5) When was the Virginia Plan accepted?
6) What were the positive and negative aspects of slaves counting for representation?
7) Why did the New Jersey plan call for a unicameral government and the Virginia plan call for a bicameral government?
8) What were some of the similarities and differences between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan?
9)Did the Great Compromise appeal more to the small or larger states?
10) Which states favored the New Jersey Plan

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"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."

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Claim: The Articles of Confederation created a tightly knit group of states and gave most power to the Federal Government
Verdict: Busted!
Evidence: Revolutionary War was over and there wasn't much left to unify the states, no power to tax and no way to regulate trade between the states
Sources: The Articles of Confederation

Claim: The Articles of Confederation had no domestic issues at all amongst the states and citizens
Verdict: Busted!
Evidence: States were in debt, money was rendered useless, and the Articles made the states weak
Sources: Independence & the Articles of Confederation

Claim: The Articles of Confederation had many foreign problems and challenges which prevented it from being successful
Verdict: Proven True!
Evidence: The British didn't evacuate the Northwest, fisheries questions weren't resolved, British didn't give compensation for slaves that they had taken and freed from the South and there was still a number of lingering problems with England and Spain
Sources: Taking issues with the Articles of Confederation

Claim: Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts was a signal that the Articles of Confederation were excellent and working well as the nation's new government
Verdict: Busted!
Evidence: There was valueless currency, without a national solution the states were still in debt, all that they could do was raise taxes, then farmers began to revolt, and they were using too much democracy
Sources: The problem with debt and Shay's rebellion

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I stated on my wish list that there should be the freedom to elect the government and that was later confirmed that people had the freedom to elect the government.

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1) The U.S. Constitution split power between 3 branches so it would not end up like a tyranny.
2)Shay's Rebellion was a major sign that the Articles were unsupportive and weak
3) The Bill of Rights was crucial towards the development of the U.S. constitution
4) The three branches have ways to check & balance each other so no one branch has too much power
5) The 3/5 compromise was necessary for the strong relationship between the states
6)The Great Compromise both satisfied the New Jersey and Virginia plan
7) Though the states had claimed their independence, they still had many foreign and domestic issues
8) The founding fathers were split mostly into two groups, the federalists, and antifederalists
9) Federalists wanted a strong central government and Anti-Federalists wanted a strong state government
10) There are two houses in the Legislative Branch; The House of Representatives, and the Senate