Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Sugarmon Government 3rd

Today we finished the HippoCampus Videos: Articles of Confederation and Declaration of Independence. See Below. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THESE COPIED. YOU WILL TURN THEM IN TOMORROW.



HippoCampus Questions Related to Chapter 2
Articles of Confederation

1.        What powers were concluded in Ben Franklin’s proposal in the Albany plan of the union?
a.         Power to organize military forces
b.         Regulate trade
c.          Collect taxes

2.        What were the accomplishments achieved by the northwest ordinance?
a.         Established a method for new state creation
b.         Outlawed slavery in the new territory
c.          Set aside land for education
Examples: Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin

3.            What were the shortcomings of the articles of confederation? Pg. 45 Weaknesses of the articles of confederation.
Weaknesses: Power to levy Questions, No Courts, No power to levy taxes, No power to regulate commerce, No power to create a federal army, cannot enforce law on states or individuals.


4.        What were the anti-federalists against the ratifications of the United States constitution?
Anti –federalist were against the articles of because they were scared of a strong central government and it lacked a bill of rights.

5.        Disclaim Shays Rebellion.
Farmers could not pay their taxes and were about to foreclose ont heir land. Farmers were upset and started to rebel.


6.       What did Shays Rebellion accomplish?
Legislature branch of government gave them debt relief and it proved that the articles of confederation were weak.


Extra Questions:
1.     What is a confederation?
Alliance of sovereign states to come together for a common cause
Example: EU European Union
2.     The states wanted a soft government?
So their individual rights would not be trampled on my a strong government


  1. What was King George III’s reaction to Thomas Paines’ Common Sense?
He hired mercenaries to crush any resistance

  1. Who helped to draft the Declaration of Independence?
Committee: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson to prepare a formal declaration.


  1. Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson, the youngest member of the Congress and the delegate who received the most votes in the selection process, to write the first draft. Jefferson spent the next two weeks writing. The committee refined and edited the manuscript before submitting a final version to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776.

  1. Who or what documents had an influence on the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
From discussion from the continental congress
From other proclamations
From Thomas Paine's Common Sense
From state constitutions
From British Tradition

  1. According to the video, the Declaration of Independence is comprised of what 3 parts? List and explain each part.
1.           Preamble: Natural Rights of Man Kind
2.          Lists of grievances/complaints against King George III
3.          Declaration of independence from Great Britain.

  1. When was the Declaration of Independence ratified?
July 4, 1776

  1. What did Benjamin Franklin mean when he stated, “We must all hang together, or assuredly, we will all hang separately?”
It bounded them together in brotherhood because if they did not hang together then King George would have killed them one by one.

Here are some videos on BrainPop that can help. They have Closed Captions and great visuals.


Declaration of Independence:

Bill of Rights:



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