| Question |
Answer |
| "Father of the Constitution" |
Madison |
| The "Plan" that became the first framework for the Constitution |
Virginia Plan |
| Where, what level of government, had the most power under the Articles of Confederation |
State government |
| The issue that needed to be settled before the smaller states ratified the Articles |
Western Lands |
| What problems led to the Constitutional Convention |
Shays Rebellion/ to many people in debt govt had to regulate trade |
| What was the purpose of the 3/5ths Compromise |
to resolve debate over how to count slaves |
| Which groups were not represent at the Constitutional Convention |
African Americans, Native American Women |
| Which group opposed ratification of the Constitution |
Antiferderalists |
| Why did the new government add a Bill of Rights to the Constitution |
to protect the rights of the people against the power of strong government |
| Define the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
Set up an orderly process for admitting teritoiries for states; sent represitives to congress to elect a new assembly for the new states |
| What was the purpose of the Annapolis Convention |
Amend the Articles |
| What did Virginia and New York want added till they were to ratify? why was it important? |
The Bill of Rights/without Virginia the new government would no have support of the largest state. without new york the continent would be divided into two parts geographically. |
| How did the Antifederalists present their arguments |
Using pamphlets and newspapers |
| Who wrote the Federalist papers? |
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay, the secreatary of foreign affairs for the Confederation Congress |
| Helped to create the Wilderness Road |
Daniel Boone |
| Rights listed in northwest ordinance of 1787 |
Rivers open to navigation, freedom of religion, trial by jury |
| State that did not attend Constitutional Convention |
Rhode island refused to participate |
| First to ratify Constitution |
Deleware |
| George Mason |
refused to sign the constitution unless a Bill of Rights was added |
| New state governments formed after war |
all had a republican form of government, some had a Bill of Rights, some had seperate branches of government |
| the year slave trade was banned |
1808 |
| why congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
because it was how to divide and govern the lands |
| Shays Rebellion and Revelutionary War similar |
Both of them were about people angry towards paying taxes |
| Federalism's definition |
a system of government where power is shared between the central (Federal) and the state governments |
| The Group that created the Articles of Federation |
Continental Congress |
| Why did the Americans fear a strong national government |
many americans were afraid that a strong government would result in tieranny |
| Why did the Antifederalists dislike the constitution |
the Antifederalists thought the constitution took to much power away from the states and did not guarantee rights for the other people |
| How did Congresses inability to tax weaken the government |
the congress had owed tons of money to pay for the Revolutionary War, they had no way of paying it so soldiers threatened them and they had to flee town |
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