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Articles of Confederation Anticipation/Reaction Guide
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Directions: Please complete the following organizer in two parts.
1. First, before reading/learning any information regarding the Articles of Confederation, complete the pre column. Please read the statement and identify whether you think it is true of false (T or F).
2. After reading/learning the information regarding the Articles of Confederation, complete the post and evidence columns. Please read the statement and identify whether you think it is true of false (T or F). You must also identify what piece of evidence from the reading supports your justification of why the statement would be true or false.
Pre True or False
Statement Post True or False
Evidence to support decision
The United States still uses the Articles of Confederation to guide our government today.
(Articles of Confederation)
Under the Articles of
Confederation the United
States Congress could tax the individual states.
(Articles of Confederation)
Massachusetts farmer, Daniel
Shays, could not afford to pay his debt and was going to lose his farm.
(Shays’ Rebellion)
Rhode Island did not send a delegate (representative) to meet in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a new constitution.
(Constitutional Convention)
Both male and female leaders met in in Philadelphia in 1787 to create a new form of government for the United
States.
(Constitutional Convention)
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All state leaders wanted to have a strong federal
(National) government to guide the state’s decisions.
(Virginia Plan)
Larger states, in terms of population, liked the Virginia
Plan.
(Virginia Plan)
Smaller states, in terms of population, liked the New
Jersey Plan.
(New Jersey Plan)
The Great Compromise gave all states an equal number of representatives in the House and a different number of representatives in the Senate.
(The Great Compromise)
The ⅗ Compromise allowed states to count some slaves as free people, rather than property. This helped southern states gain more votes/representatives in
Congress.
( ⅗ Compromise)
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