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1-After a few years with the Articles of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with this first constitution...what was it?
2-What event showed people that we needed to strengthen the government?
3- What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
4-Why were the Bill of Rights added?
49 comments:
1. It did not provide enough power.
2. The shave rebellion.
3. To create a perfect union between the states.
4. To make sure the central government didnt have too much power.
Haylee King, Maria Klumb
Core a
1-The people didnt know what they were considered now after the first constitution.
2-The rebelion of farmers in 1786 called shay's rebellion. The farmers did not want to pay their debts.
3-The confederation congress didnt show up to vote. they had to make the constitution stronger.
4- the bill of rights was made to limit the power of the govornment and protect the right of all citizens.
Kelsey Rankin and Rachel Reif
Core A
1) The articals were wrong.
2) The revolutionary War was the event.
3) The purpose was to sign the Constitution.
4) The Bill of Rights were added because so that American citizens can have their own rights.
Noah Griffith and Miranda Habig core A
1. The frist constitution didn't provide enough power to a centualized government.
2.They decided they needed some sort of organisedf group that wasn't too strong because people started breaking away from a government that felt too strong.
3. The rebellion of farmers who didn't want to pay their dets. So they had to do something to strengthen the government.They did it in an attempt to create a more perfect union between the states.
4.To protect against the centural government from having too much power.
The United States Constitution was written in 1787, but it did not take effect until after it was ratified in 1789, when it replaced the Articles of Confederation. It remains the basic law of the United States federal government.
1. It didn't provide enough power for the government.
2.the shave rebellion.
3.The congress didn't show up to vote. the had to make the government stornger.
4.the bill of right's was made to limit the powers of the goverment. & so they can protect the rights of all cizten's.
~courtney & aryy.
1. The problem with the first constitution was that the poeple didn't know that they were considered
2. The shavs rebellion
3. They had to strengthen the constitution.
4. They were added to limit the power of the government.
-keleigh and karlee
Jon Kat And Indigo Hall and Savannah Cunningham
1-After a few years with the Articles of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with this first constitution...what was it?
there wasnt enough power.
2-What event showed people that we needed to strengthen the government?
the shave rebellion
3- What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
to make a a union between states
4-Why were the Bill of Rights added?
so no one got to much power
1-It was missing the amendments that had our rights
2-Shay's rebellion
3-To revise the articles of the confederation
4-So that we have our rights written in the most important document in the world except for THE DECLERATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Sam Good,and Jordan Witsken
1.The problem with the first Constitution was that it did not unite the different colonies.
2.Sheah's Rebellion shouwed that people needed to strengthen the government.
3.The purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to revise the Articles of Confederation.
4.The Bill of Rights was added to strengthen the rights of the people and and make sure the federal government did not get too muh power.
1. There wasn't enough central power for the government.
2. The shave rebilion where farmers rebbelled against them.
3. To make the constitution better and stronger.
4. The bill of rights were added so that the government didn't gain to much power.
Caleb cox
Jonathon Deifel and Kyle Goralczyk
Core B
1. The first Constitution didnt provide enough power.
2. The rebelion of the farmers in 1786.
3. They had to do something to strenghthen their government because the farmers didnt want to pay their debts.
4. They were added to make sure that the central government wouldnt become to powerful and that the people would still have rights.
Cierra Bazeley and Sarah Baker
Core B
1)The Articles of Confederation was that they didn't have anough power.
2) The event was when farmers didn't want to pay taxes which led to the rebellion of shays.
3)When people didn't show up to vote they decided that they needed to make the government stronger.
4)The Bills of Rights was added because it limited the U.S government and it would protect all of the citizens.
Jacob Hamilton Amy Hetzel
1.It did not provide enough power to make the goverment central.
2.Farmers were rebeling.
3.To deal with things like forign afaris and other things.
4.It limites the power of the goverment.
Austin Vickrey and Alyssa Zang
1. It did not have enough power
2. the event that happened was the shave/shavs rebellion.
3. the purpose was to make a better/stronger union at of all of the states.
4. The bill of of rights was added to give more people more rights but also to make sure people did not have too much power.
1. The Confederation Congress had little central government power, and the state delegates didn't show up to vote.
2. A group of farmers rebelled in Massachusetts. It was called Shay's Rebellion.
3. Their purpose was to strengthen the central government. They began to work on the Consitution.
4. To limit power in the central government, and protect the rights of citizens.
Joe Anderson and Adam Schraffenberger
Core B- Mason Bischoff & Brian Cybulski
1.The Articals of Confederation didn't provide enough power to the central government
2.The farmers didnt want to pay their debts so they rebelled. This was known as Shay's Rebellion.
3.To strengthen the central government.
4.The Bill of Rights was added to limit the central governments power so they didnt have too much.
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Q #1: After a few years with the Articles of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with this first constitution...what was it?
A1. The problem was that the Confedration did not supply enough power to the federal government so state officals did not show up to vote.
Q #2: What event showed people that we needed to strengthen the government?
A2. Shay's Rebellion in 1787 lead to the questioning of the Confederation and a new government.
To show people that we needed to strengthen the government.
Q #3: What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
A3. The purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to stregthen the central government.
Q #4: Why were the Bill of Rights added?
A4. The Bill of Rights were added to limit the power of the central government and protect the basic rights of the citizens.
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Sarah Keethler
Core B
9-17-10
1. After a few years with the Artical of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with the first constitution...What was it?
Answer: The problem was that it didn't provide enough power to encentulize the goverment.
2. What event showed people that we needed to strenghen our goverment?
Answer: A rebellion got led by farmers that didn't want to pay there debts called Shays rebellion.
3. What is the pourpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
Answer: The pourpose is to strenghen the central goverment.
4. Why was the Bill of Rights added.
Answer: To protect against the goverment from getting to powerful.
1.) It did not provide enough power for the government.
2.) The Shave Rebellion.
3.) To strengthen the constitution.
4.) It was made to limit the power of the government and pretect to rights of the citizens.
Jaina Kloepfer & Jaide Morgan.
Sara King, And Tanner Reynolds
Core C
8/17/2010
1)The problem with the first constitution was that it did not provide enough power for the government, also there were problems with the articles.
2)The rebellion of the farmers in 1786 called the shays rebellion, farmers did not want to pay their debts.
3)The purpose was to address problems in governing the United States. Also to create a perfect union between states.
4)The Bill Of Rights was added becuase the anti-federalists believed that the Bill of Rights would be able to protect the citizens and state their rights as a U.S citizen and not letting the U.S government have to much power over the people.
Zachary Thomas and Mia Groeschen Core C
1. There wasn’t enough power
2. Because of in 1782 when farmers didn’t want to pay there dabt and people didn’t show up to vote
3. The states didn’t have any power and were losing control of everyone
4. They added the bill of rights because they wanted to make sure the central government didn’t get to much power.
1-It didnt have enough power.
2-the shays rebelion
3- to strengthen the central government, and to create a perfect union between the states.
4-limits the power of federal government and protects the right of the citizens
-Bre and Anna
1. The citizens thought that the articles were wrong and did not give enough power to the people.
2. The farmers didn't want to pay their debts so they created shay's rebellion.
3. to revise the constitution and the articles that are in it.
4. The bill of rights is a document that limited the power of the government.
-Brooke Shad and Lauren Brown
Tyler kallmeyer Michael winningham
1. The cetral govermentnt wasent powerfull enuph.
2. We needed to improve the goverment we where shone this with the shave Rebellion.
3. The purpis of it was to create a purfect uinun.
4. The bill of Rights was added to keep the goverment fome becoming to powerfull.
Brianna Keeton and Matt
D)
1. Didnt provide enough power.
2. The shave rebelion.
3. Because they had to make Constitution stronger.
4. The bill of rights because the citizens could have their own rights.
Matthew Hurley
1. It did not have enough power to be passed yet.
2. The farmers did not want to pay their debts so they started a rebellion called the shay's rebellion.
3. The Congress was not there so they made the government stronger themselves.
4. To prevent the government from becoming too powerful.
1, there was a problem with the constiuton they didnt have enough power.
2, The farmers rebellion.
3-,The states didnt have engough power.
4-to take some power away from the goverment and give more power to the poeople.
Shyanne perry and samantha hoelmer.
Mariah McCarthy & brittany mahoney
1. The first consitution didnt have enough power in it to offer to the government.
2. There was a rebelion called shaye rebelion formed by farmes which showed they need to strengthen the government.
3.The purpose of the constitutional
convention was to creat a perfect union between state and government.
4. the bill of rights was to seperate powers and make sure one didnt have to much power.
it didnt give them enough power
the revaluion was the event
they had to strangthen the constitution
they were added to limet power
Emily Kehling and Jamie Holthaus Core D
1-That it had no power to control trade.
2-The shave rebellion showed the people we needed to change the government
3- To address problems in governing the US.
4-There were many concerns that the federal government would be too powerful under the Constitution.
Tyler Amrein Andrew Gambill
1. did not provide enough power to the government
2. The Shave Rebellion
3.The purpose was to stregthen the costitution and to create a union between the states
4. To limit the power of the government
1) it didnt have ennough power.
2) the rebbelion of the shave.
3)they wanted to make a good union.
4) to make the central goverment.
Jake scott core d
1)The first problem with the constitution, was it was not clear and the people did not know ware they stand and state officals did not show up to vote.
2)In 1786 the Shays Rebellion was the event that showed the people to strenghten the government.
3)The purpose was to strenghten the government because the state officals did not show up.
4)They wre added because anti federlist would not approve anything without the bill of rights.
Nina Mazza and Alyssa Lenoradi
Core D
1. We need to get more power
2. The rebellion.
3. To keep the states safe.
4. The States need to make sure that the government doesnt have too much power.
1-After a few years with the Articles of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with this first constitution...what was it?
Did not know what to do after they did the constitution. Also did not provide enough power to centralize the government.
2-What event showed people that we needed to strengthen the government?
State delicates did not bother to show up to vote. Also farmers in Massachusetts rebelled because they did not want to pay their debts (called shaye's rebellion).
3- What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787?
To strengthen the government and to create a perfect union between states.
4-Why were the Bill of Rights added?
To limit the power of the government and protect the rights of all citizens.
1-After a few years with the Articles of Confederation it was clear that there was a problem with this first constitution...what was it? A: It did not provide the central government with enough power
2-What event showed people that we needed to strengthen the government? A: Shays' rebellion
3- What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787? A: they needed to come up with a plan to form a new constitution that would limit the government, but give them more power than the Articles Of Confederation did.
4-Why were the Bill of Rights added? A: The Bill of Rights was added to protect the rights of citizens and to limit the government's power
1.It did not give enough power to the goverment.
2.When the people started to rebel.
3.To unite the states.
4.So that the fedral goverment did not get to much power.
Melissa Rothert core b
1. The problem with the first constitution was that there wasn’t enough power to a centralized government. There was so little centralized power in the confederation congress that the state delegates didn’t bother to show up and vote.
2. In 1786 there was a rebellion called Shays Rebellion in which farmers from Massachusetts didn’t want to pay the dept. It was almost impossible to put down. The Confederation Congress ended up being unable to do anything. It led a lot of people to believe that they needed to make the government stronger or it would fail.
3. The purpose of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 was to was to strengthen the central government. After debating, the delegates wrote the new constitution.
4. The bill of right was added so it can limit the power of the government. Also to protect the rights of all citizens.
Katelyn Harrell-Core B
1. The problem with the first Constitution was it gave the states to much power and the goverment to little.
2. The Shave Rebllion showed the people that they needed to strengthen the central goverment.
3. The purpose of the Cnstitutional Convention was to revise the Articals of Confederation to give the central goverment more power.
4. The Bill of Rights was added to make sure that the central goverment did not have to much power and the states still had power also.
Marisa Conners, Core A
1.It did not provide enough power to the centralized government. State delegates did not vote or attend meetings.
2. In 1786, Shay's Rebellion ocurred. The farmers would not pay their debts.
3. To strengthen the central government and to form a more perfect union between states, the constituion was written.
4. So the federal government would not have too much power. The Bill of Rights also protected the rights of all citizens.
Jake Hudson
1.It did not give the central government enough power.
2. Shay's Rebellion-farmers didn't want to pay their debts.
3. To make a stronger government.
4. To make sure the government didn't get too powerful.
Nick Schinkal and Jared rolland
1.The first constitution didn't provide enough power to the people.
2.The farmers rebellion in 1786 (Shay's Rebellion) because the farmers didn't want to pay debts.
3.To make a new constitution.
4.To limit powers of the government so they had equal powers.
1) The problem with the first constitution was that it did not have enough power, and people stopped voting for it.
2) Shay's rebellion showed people that we needed to strengthen the government.
3) The purpose for the Constitutional convention was to strengthen the government and create a perfect union for the states.
4) They added the Bill of Rights to protect the government from having too much power.
1. It didnt show enough power so they couldrun around freely.
2. Shay's Rebelion
3. It was set up to do something to set up the government.
4. To limit the powers of the federal government.
Allison Burst
Core B
1. The people did not know what they were considered after the first constitution was created.
2. The Shay's Rebellion, or the reblion of farmers in 1786.
3. The pupose was to strengthen the constitution.
4. The bill of rights was made to insure that every person had there own rights.
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