New Country, New Problems
The Philadelphia Convention
A New Government
The Great Compromise
Now what?
100

This is how many votes each state had in Congress under the Articles of Confederation.

One

100

This famous founder of our nation wasn’t at the Philadelphia Convention because he was the U.S. ambassador to France.

Thomas Jefferson

100

This was the first Constitution that helped unite the states after the war.

The Articles of Confederation

100
How many branches does the government have?
Three
100

What word means "to approve of or agree to"?

ratify

200

What man did not want farmers, including soldiers, to lose their land because they couldn’t pay the high taxes in Massachusetts? Some may call him a “rebel.”

Daniel Shays

200

This plan favored the large states and included 2 houses in Congress, both with proportional representation.

Virginia Plan

200
What is the "law of the land"
The Constitution.
200

This is an agreement good enough for both sides to like.

A compromise 

200

For the Constitution to be adopted by the United States this many states had to ratify it.

9

300

This was one of the weaknesses of the Articles of Condederation.

1. It couldn’t effectively collect taxes.

2. It couldn’t regulate trade between the states or with other nations.

3. It couldn’t effectively protect the people’s property rights.

300

This plan favored the small states and included one house in Congress with equal representation for the states.

New Jersey Plan

300
What means "words that go before."
Preamble
300

In the Senate, each state has ___________ representation.

equal

300

Alexander Hamilton was a member of this group of people who supported the Constitution.

The Federalists

400

Shays’ Rebellion caused this to happen.

1. People to think that the new nation couldn’t maintain law and order.

2. People to think that the Articles of Confederation were no longer effective.

3. The Philadelphia Convention of 1786-87

400

Which leading framer from Virginia said, "I will protect the Constitution"?

George Washington

400

This document is a list of freedoms that was agreed to after the Philadelphia Convention.

The Bill of Rights

400

In the House of Representatives, votes are given according to ___________ representation.

proportional

400

James Madison’s plan for ratification included voters from each state because the beginning of the Constitution says this phrase.

“We the People”

500

Who would have said the following: "The Articles will not work anymore. We must write a whole new set of laws. We must write a Constitution?"

James Madison

500

Who would have said the following: "Slavery brings the judgement of heaven on a country"? This man would not sign the Constitution. To many this was “jar”ing news.

George Mason

500
What are two freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.
1. Freedom of religion, speech, the press, and assembly and petition. 2. Right to bear arms 3. Limits on the housing of soldiers 4. Limits on searches and seizures 5. Right to due process of law 6. Rights of a person accused of a crime. 7. Right to a jury trial in civil cases 8. Forbidding of unfair bail, fines, and punishment 9. Rights not listed in the Constitution given to citizens. 10. Powers reserved to the states or the people
500
What gave each state two votes in the Senate and votes according to the number of people in the state in the House of Representatives?
The Great Compromise
500

Anti-Federalists were worried that the Constitution wouldn’t be able to run an effective r_____________ government.

republican 

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