WGU C181 CH. 3& 4 *. Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED 2024

What was the significance of Shays's Rebellion? - -Congress was unable to help stop the rebellion because the national government was broke. States did not send Congress the money requested to maintain order in Massachusetts. This showed that the Articles of Confederation needed revising (meaning they needed to be fixed). What was Declaration of Independence? - -Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document lists the justification for separation from England. Asserts that the English government violated the colonists' rights. What was BIG idea of the Declaration? - -Government exists to protect the liberties of the people. Those are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When government violates our rights without our consent...the people have the right to alter or abolish government. Who influenced Thomas Jefferson's ideas in the Declaration of Independence? - -John Locke, who wrote about the Social Contract about 100 years earlier. He was an English philosopher. What is the main point of John Locke's "Social Contract" ? - -Locke argued that the people enter into a "social contract" with government. The people agree to government's rules, and in return government protects our freedoms. If government acts without our consent, we can form a new government. What were the Article of Confederation?