1. Briefly describe the problems that resulted from the government's lack of authority.
2. List one cause and one consequence of Shays' Rebellion.
Cause:
Consequence:
3. How did Montesquieu influence the state constitutions (and later the U.S. Constitution)?
4. Initially, the delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 were commissioned only to revise the Articles of Confederation. What did they decide to do instead?