Articles of Confederation
This was America's first set of rules before the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
This is the idea that power is split between a national government and individual state governments
federalism
How much did slaved count towards population
3/5
After the War tons of people were stuck in this
Debt
This number of states needed to ratify the Constitution
9
The government couldn't make people pay this under the old rules
taxes
This system makes sure no single branch of government gets too powerful by letting each branch limit the others
Checks and balences
This rule said enslaved people who escaped to free states still had to be sent back to their owners
Fugitive Slave Clause
Courts sometimes did this thing to people who couldn't pay back what they owed
Put them in jail
This is what you call the people who did not want the new Constitution
Anti Federalists
Who did America look for to find financial solutions
Robert Morris
This type of government lets citizens elect representatives to make decisions instead of a king
Republic
Why did they push for slaves to count towards the population
To get more people in the House of Representatives
Farmers who couldn't pay their debts sometimes lost this
Land
The 2 Revolutionary leaders who origanlly rejected the Constitution
Samuel Adams and John Hancock
What almost went bankrupt because of the articles of Confederations
The central goverment
This word describes splitting up government jobs into different branches, like legislative, executive, and judicial
separation of powers
This law said that new states could not have slavery
The Northwest Ordinance
With taxes piling up and no help from a weak national government, many farmers in Massachusetts did what
Revolt
James Madison and John Jay wrote 85 essays called
The Federalist Papers
Investors demanded what to be released
Bonds
This idea says no one, not even the government or its leaders, is above following this
law
The constitution couldnt stop this for 20 more years till 1808
Slave trade
A bunch of angry farmers in Massachusetts started this fight because they were mad about debt
Shays' Rebellion
This list of rights got added later to get more votes
The Bill of Rights