articles of confederation
What was the first government of the United States after independence?
Articles of Confederation
What did the states have to do to approve the new Constitution?
ratify it
known as the Father of the Constitution.
James Madison
This system forced millions of Africans and their descendants to work without freedom in America.
slavery
This was money the new United States owed after the Revolutionary War.
war debt
Under the Articles, how many votes did each state have in Congress?
one vote
What group supported the ratification of the Constitution?
Federalists
This Founding Father strongly supported the Constitution and became the first U.S. president.
George Washington
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
This Founding Father created a plan to help pay off the national debt.
Alexander Hamilton
What was one major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
that Congress could not collect taxes
What group opposed the Constitution because they feared a strong central government?
Anti-Federalists
He helped write the Federalist Papers and later became the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
This compromise dealt with the importation of enslaved people and allowed Congress to ban the international slave trade after 1808.
the Slave Trade Compromise
Hamilton proposed that the federal government take responsibility for debts owed by the states.
assumption of state debts
What event showed that the government under the Articles was too weak to handle rebellions?
Shays' Rebellion
What essays were written to convince New Yorkers to ratify the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
This Anti-Federalist argued that the Constitution gave too much power to the national government.
patrick henry
This clause required escaped enslaved people to be returned to the state where they were claimed.
Fugitive Slave Clause
This plan helped the federal government gain more financial power by creating a national bank.
Hamilton’s financial plan
What document replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1789?
the U.S. Constitution
What addition to the Constitution helped convince Anti-Federalists to support ratification?
Bill of Rights
He wrote many of the Federalist Papers and later became the 4th U.S. president.
James Madison
This constitutional agreement helped balance the interests of states where slavery was common and states where it was less common by addressing representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
The agreement to assume state debts helped lead to this compromise about where the nation’s capital would be located
the Compromise of 1790