People
Who led Shay's rebellion?
Daniel Shay
how many states needed to vote yes?
nine out of thirteen.
what group of states were they trying to appease by not ending slavery?
the southern states
how did the colonies fund the war?
selling bonds
when did congres approve the articles of confederation?
November 1777
who was elected as the presiding officer?
George Washington
what was the biggest criticism of the constitution?
who opposed the plan to end the slave trade?
south carolina and Georgia
what caused shays rebellion?
famers revolting
Who did America looked to for financial solutions.
Robert Morris
what was the "great comprise"?
a way to appease both the larger and smaller states
why did they not vote to end the slave trade until 1808?
to give the southern states 20 years to prepare
what did investers demand after the war?
their bonds to be redeemed
what was it?
each state retained its own sovereignty, freedom, and independence
Who Created of the original 1776 Virginia Bill of Right?
George Mason
what did the antifederalists say the constituion lacked?
a declaration of individual rites (bill of rights)
what was the fugitive slave cause?
allowing slave owners to reclaim runaway slaves who fled into the free states.
where did famers protest?
pennsylvania, connecticut, new york, and new hampshire.
what was the northwest ordinance of 1887?
prohibbited slavery in the newly established lands
who created the virginia plan and the New Jersey plan?
James Madison created virginia and William Paterson created New Jersey.
what was the federalists papers?
an argument that centralized government would not lead to a domestic tyranny
what was the three-fifths clause?
allowing slaves to count as three-fifths of a person toward the states population
it crippled it and cut exports of tobacco, rice and wheat
by 1784 how many people moved to Kentucky and Tennessee?
30,000