Name: _____________________________________ Per. ___ Date: ______________________
Study Guide – Chapter 7 Lesson 1 (pg. 174-183)
* Please re-read the lesson prior to the quiz. In addition to reading the lesson, pay attention to all
maps, graphs, charts, and captions.
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Know two at least two strengths and two weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
The area of land known as the Northwest Territory as well as the boundaries of the
Northwest Territory to its south and west.
- Know the content vocabulary words:
1. bicameral
2. republic
3. ordinance
4. depreciate (depreciation)
- Be able to answer the question as to why people form governments?
- What kind of government was created by the Articles of Confederation?
- Most states in the early nation divided power between the governor (or council) and the
legislature.
- The capital of the United States from December of 1790 to May of 1800
- The year the Articles of Confederation were written (1777)
- The mountain range that people were moving across to settle the land in the Northwest
Territory
- The Ordinance of 1785
- The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- The Land Act of 1800
- Much of the land in the West was sold to pay off debts from the Revolutionary War
- The young nation was in financial troubles after the American Revolutionary War.
- Know why it is important to have one system of money (currency) used by all people
- Know two problems that the United States had with Britain after the Revolutionary War
- Know one problem that the United States had with Spain.
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Know the topic of Shays’ Rebellion (who was involved (the two sides hint: think t-chart,
when it happened, where it happened, what happened, and why it happened). Also know
the year of the rebellion
Know the nickname given to Daniel Shays and his followers
Review/study the worksheet that went along with the DVD video, History Channel 10
Events That Changed America: Shays’ Rebellion
- Graphic Organizer #36 , The Constitutional Convention worksheet
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