A New Nation
Constitutional
Convention
President
Washington
Mixed Bag
Vocabulary
100
The document that gave Congress very little power. Page 3
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Independence Hall. Page 14
Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
100
Virginia page 27
What state did Washington and Madison come from?
100
Jefferson believed the government did not have the power to startthe national bank that Hamilton wanted. Page 34
Why did Hamilton and Jefferson disagree about creating a national bank?
100
To accept. Page 23
What is ratify?
200
Congress could declare war, make treaties with other nations and print and borrow money. Page 4
What powers did the Articles of Confederation give?
200
He arrived early to the convention and had a new plan to form a new government. Page 16
Who is James Madison?
200
A federal government with three branches. Page 18
What is the Virginia Plan?
200
A person that decides how the United States should act toward other countries. Page 31
What is the job of the Secretary of State?
200
Land ruled by a national government but which has not representatives in the government. Page 5
What is territory?
300
George Washington. Page 2
Who was the first president under the Constitution?
300
A federal government with three branches. Page 18
What is the Virginia Plan?
300
The rule that counted 5 slaves as 3 free people in the slave states. Page 24
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
300
First Secretary of the Treasury. Page 31
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
An official member of a city, state, or nation. Page 3
What is a citizen?
400
No power to set up an army, control trade, or tax. Page 4
What powers did Congress lack?
400
The rule that counted 5 slave as 3 free people in the slave states. Page 22
What is the three-fifths compromise?
400
September 17, 1787 Page 23
What is the signing of the United State Constitution?
400
A plan for small states to have the same representatives as the larger states. Page 19
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
A group chosen by the President to help run the executive branch and give advice. Page 32
What is cabinet?
500
The first ten admendments to the Constitution. Page 1
What is the Bill of Rights?
500
Two sides give up something to settle a disagreement. Page 20
What is a compromise?
500
They believed a strong central government was a threat to liberty. Page 24
What is an Antifederalist?
500
Daniel Shays led a protest against the government to protest the government taking their farms and putting the farmer into jail. Page 9
What is Shays’s Rebellion?
500
It earns money on the loans by charging interest. Page 34
What is interest?
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