Mike Miranda Case

Topic: The constitutional convention

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SAS Movie Study Guide

1. Why did relations between England and the colonies begin to go bad?

The British parliament imposed new internal taxes

2. What was the main demand of the Declaration of Rights that came out of the First Continental Congress?

To stop the taxes

3. What challenges did the new country have during the Critical Period?

Articles of confederation did not provide sufficient authority, the national government could not collect taxes, congress lack of power to rule the states.

4. Why was Shays rebelling against the state government?

to prevent confiscation of his land

5. What kept the government from raising a proper army if conflict broke out?

they did not have the proper funds or authority

6. What were the two key ideas behind the Virginia Plan?

expand power over the states, and gave representation to states based on population

7. How did the New Jersey Plan differ from the Virginia Plan?

retained equal representation for each state regardless of population differences, and offer amendment to strengthen national government

8. Do you think the Virginia Plan gave too much power to the national government? Use at least three facts from the movies to support your answer.

Yes because the smaller states would had been left out and without a say on the government, but the government would still have power over them.

Summary/Questions:

The representatives of the colonies met to discuss how they would run the country, each representative gave their ideas on how the government should work.