Articles of Confederation

Why did the framers make the national government so limited?

farmers made the national government so limited because they were rebelling about being taxed and the said they were not able to tax them and take there land.

4. What types of problems were there with the Articles of Confederation?

the articles of confederation caused problems with economics, foreign nation problems and domestic problems.

Farmers

creators

Constitution

law of the land

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many branches, houses, and votes were there? How many votes were needed to pass a law?

under the articles of confederation the national government was the articles of confederation there was only one branch of government each state had one vote and also they needed 9/13 states to agree to pass a law.

representative

voice of the people

new jeresy plan had

3 Branches of government, 1 legislative branch and representatives were based on equality

Explain the 3/5 compromise.

3 out of every 5 slaves were counted for both taxation and representation.

the Connecticut plan

had 3 branches of government ,2 houses of legislative and had and upper house and lower house

Virginia Plan

had 3 branches of government, 2 legislative branch and was based on population

Legislator

lawmakers

What are the three branches of government and their jobs?

one branch was the executive branch and there job is to check the laws after they were made the legislative branch was the people who make the laws and the judicial branch is the people who interpret the law

branches

parts of the government

Explain the Northern states opinion on slave representation and taxes.

they believed slaves shouldnt count for population but do count for taxes.

Explain the Southern states opinion on slave representation and taxes.

they believed that the slaves should count for population and they did not want them to be taxed