Question | Answer |
Richard Allen | a slave that started the Free African Society in 1787 |
Articles of Confederation | the second Constitutional Congress adopted it in 1781set up the country's first central government |
Daniel Shays | 1786 a Massachusetts farmer who started a group of farmers to protest against the courts |
Shay's Rebellion | a fight where 8 men were killed |
Northwest Ordinance | passed in 1787 - a law passed for land |
Northwest Territory | land claimed from the Atlantic Ocean to Mississippi River by the United StatesIndiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois |
territory | land |
statehood | means to become a state when 60,000 people lived there |
Alexander Hamilton | from New York- came to the congress meeting |
James Madison | from Virginia- came to the congress meeting |
Constitution Convention | this is where they made the constitution |
George Mason | helped write Virginia's Constitution with Gouverneur Morris |
Virginia Plan | make a republic in Virginia |
Legislative branch | made up of Congress who make laws and raise money |
Executive branch | president |
Judicial branch | made up of judges called the Supreme Court |
Supreme Court | judges |
New Jersey Plan | gave the state the same number of representatives |
Roger Sherman | from Connecticut- he is a judge who made the Great Compromiseknown for his clear thinking |
Great Compromise | the Congress wuold have two sseparate houses- the House of Representatives and the Senate |
House of Representatives | larger states had more representatives because of population |
Senate | favored the small states- each state would have 2 representatives |
points of view | the way someone looks at something |
amendments | additions to the Constitution |
Preamble | the introduction to the Constitution - began with "We the People" |
federal system | states and central government share power |
Federal Government has the power to | make money, trade, declare war, settle fights |
The states have the power to | set up public schools and local governments, and run elections |
The Federal government and States have the power to | collect taxes and pass laws |
checks and balances | each state can check on each other to not gain a lot of power |
veto | refuse to approve soemthing, the president can do this |
Federalists | supporters of the Constitution |
ratify | approve the constitution |
Antifederalists | people against the Constitution |
Bill of Rights | 10 things added to the Constitution |
George Washington | 1st president |
New York City | the country's capital |
secretary | someone who runs the Congress |
Secretary of Treasury | Alexander Hamilton- toko care of money |
Secretary of State | Thomas Jefferson - handled other countries with the US |
Secretary of War | Henry Knox |
Cabinet | made up of all the country's officials |
political parties | people who share the same ideas about the government |
What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? | lack of money and people protesting |