click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
HMS-SS 7th gr-quiz1
HMS-SS 7th gr-quiz1-terms 1-10
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Constitution | a formal plan of government |
Bicameral | consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature |
Republic | a government in which citizens rule through elected representatives |
Petition | a formal request |
Ordinance | a law of regulation |
Depreciated | to fall in value |
Articles of Confederation | first national Constitution, adopted during the Revolutionary War, created a Congress in which each colony had one vote and the national government was made weak on purpose |
Economic Depression | period when economic activity slows and unemployment increases |
Shay's Rebellion | after the Revolutionary War, the economic depression hit farmers especially hard. In Massachusetts, things were made worse when the state raised taxes and seized the farms of those who could not pay the new taxes. |
Shay's Rebellion - continued | Massachusetts' farmer, Daniel Shays led a force of 2,000 farmers around the state attacking the courthouses. This rebellion proved to many Americans that the Articles of Confederation was not working and needed to be changed. |
Manumission | the freeing of some enslaved persons. |