The Articles of Confederation
The first US constitution:
Why were most of the new state capitals placed inland rather than on the coast?
Amplify the power of small farmers, reduce the power of merchants
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
Philadelphia
To officially confirm or approve something by a group of people or entities
Ratification
State where some women were able to vote during the early years of the Articles government
New Jersey
Only success of the Articles
Northwest Ordinance
Event in which some members of Congress and veterans conspired to force Congress to gain the power to tax
Plan that favored small states, plan that favored large states (identify each plan)
Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan
Freedom of expression and right to reasonable search and seizure are guaranteed by these amendments
1, 4
Two branches of government lacked by the Articles government
Executive and Judiciary
Name of an individual whose case in Massachusetts eventually led to the end of slavery there
Elizabeth Freeman, Quock Walker
Event that helped to cause Shays' Rebellion
The Requisition of 1785
This person wrote much of the Virginia Plan, and ultimately much of the US constitution
James Madison
Two large states that held off from ratifying until nearly the end of the process
New York, Virginia
"Bad" word for Federalists - why did they consider it bad?
Democracy, mob rule
City where the Articles Congress was permanently based
Was not permanently based anywhere
Event in which the national government gained control of Native land, but states like New York directly benefitted from
The Constitution contained a two clauses affirming slavery without calling it that (besides the 3/5 compromise)
- regulating slave trade
- return runaway slaves
Three people who wrote the Federalist papers
Jay, Madison, Hamilton
Name for system that divided Congress into two parts
Great or Connecticut Compromise
Number of people needed in a western territory to apply for statehood
60,000
City in which members of Shays' Rebellion nearly seized weapons
Springfield
Year during which the Constitutional Convention wrote the Constitution
1787
Year when Rhode Island finally ratified the Constitution
1790
Not a state, or even a real place
Delaware