Articles of Confederation
This document created the first national government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Britain placed high __________ on American goods.
This country closed the lower Mississippi River to American shipping.
The Constitutional Convention met in this city in 1787.
What is Philadelphia?
These people supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
The first ten amendments are called this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Articles gave MOST power to these governments.
What are state governments?
This country closed the lower Mississippi River to American shipping.
What is Spain?
This plan favored large states because representation was based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
These people feared the national government would become too powerful.
Who are the Antifederalists?
This branch of government makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Under the Articles, Congress could borrow money, but it could not do this directly.
What is collect taxes?
This economic problem occurred because states printed too much money not backed by gold or silver.
What is inflation?
This compromise created a two-house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This series of essays defended the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This branch can veto laws passed by Congress.
What is the executive branch?
This ordinance divided western lands into townships for sale.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?
This rebellion showed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’s Rebellion?
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This Federalist argued that “the vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty.”
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This branch can declare laws unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch?
This ordinance created a process for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This farmer led the rebellion in Massachusetts in 1786.
Who is Daniel Shays?
This principle means political power belongs to the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This state was the last to ratify the Constitution.
What is Rhode Island?
This system prevents one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?