Articles of Confederation
A loose organization of states that came together for defense
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A law passed by Congress to deal with western lands and outlawed slavery
What was Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
Suggested a bicameral Legislative Branch, Executive Branch members to be elected by House of Representatives, and was heavily favored by big states
What was the Virginia Plan?
When power is in one place or with one person
What is centralized power?
To approve or pass
What is ratification?
States have more power than the federal government on purpose
What was "States' Rights"?
Daniel Shay led a rebellion of in-debt farmers in Massachusetts
What was Shay's Rebellion?
Suggested a unicameral Legislative Branch, multiple presidents in the Executive Branch, and was heavily favored by small states
What was the New Jersey Plan?
When power is spread out
What is decentralized power?
The group who fought to ratify the Constitution
What were the federalists?
Declare war, make peace, sign treaties, borrow money, makes treaties with Native Americans
What could the government do?
A pre-convention after Shay's Rebellion to discuss trade and navigation problems
What was the Annapolis Convention?
Solved how states are represented in the Legislative Branch
What was the Connecticut Compromise?
The ranking of power/authority
What is Supremacy Clause?
Dealt with the problem of factions/political parties
What is Federalist 10?
Collect taxes, control foreign and domestic trade, amend/change Articles of Confederation, and force states to do anything
What could the government not do?
Five states ratified the Constitution on this day
When was December 1787?
Solved how slaves would be counted towards state population
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
The group who opposed ratification
Who were the anti-federalists?
Dealt with the separation of powers and checks and balances, and explains how these help secure peoples' liberties
What is Federalist 51?
Kept power closer to the people with the states, held 13 colonies together during the Revolutionary War, created rules for statehood, and halted spread of slavery in the Northwest Territory
What are the positives of the Articles of Confederation?
The 10 Amendment Bill of Rights was ratified in this year
When was 1791?
An event that occurred after the Annapolis Convention which finalized the foundation of the country
What was the Constitutional Convention?
Two sections, two Houses
What is bicameral?
A federalist who created Federalists 10 and 51
Who was James Madison?