Leading up to the Philadelphia Convention
The nation's first government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Keeping the states together during the war against this country.
What is Great Britain?
The only branch to exist under the Articles.
What is the legislative branch?
President of the Convention.
Who is George Washington?
Men who organized and wrote our government.
Who are the framers?
A loose union of states with equal power.
What is a confederation?
Winning this war.
The Articles setup this type of government.
Father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
Average age of the Framers.
What is 42?
The original reason for the Philadelphia Convention.
What is to fix the Articles of Confederation?
Making this after the war was over.
What is a peace treaty with Great Britain (Treaty of Paris)?
Congress could not raise money because it lacked the authority to do this.
What is tax the people?
The elder-statesman of the group.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
All the Framers were...
What is white men who were not poor?
The people feared this type of government.
What is a strong national government?
Prevented each state from conducting its own...
What are foreign affairs, treaties, and declarations of war?
Each state had this number of votes.
What is one?
Ambassador to France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The only state to not attend the Convention.
Who is Rhode Island?
The people were afraid that some ______ would have more power than others.
What are states?
This government order was a plan for adding new states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The number of states needed to change the Articles.
What is all 13?
Ambassador to England.
Who is John Adams?
What did the Framers agree to at the start of the convention?
1. Washington is president.
2. Each state has one vote.
3. They would write a new Constitution.
4. The convention would be private.