Vocabulary
These are goods brought in from another country.
What are imports?
This was the first President of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
The large state plan was also named for this state.
What is Virginia?
This was a solution to the southern states wanting the slaves to count towards population but not taxation.
What is the three-fifths compromise?
Disagreement about this caused a deadlock at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the power of the states?
This is a tax put on goods entering or leaving some place.
What is a tariff?
This was the first Vice President of the United States.
Who was John Adams?
The small state plan, with equal numbers of representatives from each state, came from this state.
What is New Jersey?
This ensures personal freedoms that were not included in the original Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This is what the government could not do under the Articles of Confederation.
What is collect taxes?
This includes the Supreme Court and the other lower courts.
What is the judicial branch?
This one of the main authors of the Federalist papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, or John Jay?
This later became five states, when the population grew enough.
What was the Northwest Territory?
Led by farmer's against the Massachusetts government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This is what Great Britain closed its ports to.
What is American shippers?
These are essays that explained the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
These people supported the Constitution.
Who were the Federalists?
This is something occurring between two states, such as trade.
What is interstate?
The 6th one of these ensures the right to a fair trial.
What are amendments?
This branch of the government makes the laws.
What is legislative?
This is what the states had to do to the constitution to make it the law of the land.
What is ratify?
These people wanted the states to have more power.
Who were the Anti-federalists?
Rhode Island is the only state that was not represented here.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This is what the delegates wanted to prevent by creating three branches of government.
What is any branch having too much power?
The President is part of this branch of the government.
What is executive?