Founding Framers
This man was unanimously voted to be the leader of the new country.
Who is George Washington?
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War but fell short of bringing peace to the new country of America.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The Framers agreed that the government would be divided in order to separate the powers.
What are the 3 branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary?
This group supported a strong central government and pushed for the ratification of the new governing document.
Who were Federalists?
This document was the original governing document of a young United States.
What was the Articles of Confederation?
This man was also known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Who was John Adams?
The plan for a bicameral government with population based representation.
What was the Virginia Plan?
The Articles of Confederation prevented the US government from doing what two things.
What are taxing the states and enforcing the laws?
Created the Compromise between large states and small states
Who is Roger Sherman?
This document was drafted and ratified more than 10 years after the birth of America.
What is The Constitution?
This man signed every document that founded our country but never directly became a leader.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
What was Shays' Rebellion?
What is their agreement with Britain in the Treaty of Paris?
This group supported the addition of a Bill of Rights and sought a more limited government.
Who were Anti-Federalists?
Roger Sherman created this deal that brought two plans together and laid the foundation for our current government.
What was the Great Compromise?
This man was a full believer in the new governing document and supported a strong central government.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
This ordinance outlined the three step process of becoming a state and is still used today.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This topic was the thorniest political topic when the Framers were drafting America's governing documents.
What was slavery?
This person presided over the happenings of the Constitutional Convention.
Who was George Washington?
This agreement was to benefit the population totals in the southern most states when it came to representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This man was a Federalist who pledged to add amendments to the new Constitution.
Who was John Adams?
This policy was written by Thomas Jefferson and wanted to create 10 new states out of the Northwest Territory and banning slavery there.
The Ordinance of 1784
The Articles of Confederation had this one branch.
What was the Legislative branch?
The Framers constructed America's governing documents to help protect against this.
What is man's sinful nature?
This binding document created a bicameral legislature, redistributed national power, and has made a lasting impact on American Government.
What is the Constitution?