MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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Individual states have too much power to form a true union
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Smaller states have more power than large states.
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States in the same region can form alliance to defeat the actions of other states
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States should have the right to ignore national legislation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Shays’ Rebellion did not succeed. For many, the rebellion symbolized a fatal weakness of the national government under the Articles of Confederation. Because Congress had no power to raise money, it could not help the states pay off their war debts, which forced the states to tax their citizens heavily.
Detailed explanation-2: -In a confederation, states are governed independently so that they can achieve their individual goals.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following features of the United States Constitution would most concern the author of Brutus 1? The supremacy clause, which gives the federal government supremacy over states.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.