Important Figures
1st president
Who was George Washington
Banned slavery in the Northwest states, and gave the United states a way to introduce new states.
What was the Northwest land Ordinance of 1787.
The branch of government that makes laws.
What is the legislative branch.
Compromise that made slaves count as 3/5 of a person in voting.
What was the 3/5 Compromise.
This protects individua rights and is in the first 10 Amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights
Main author of the federalist papers
Who was Alexander Hamilton.
Original purpose was to revise the articles of Confederation.
What was the constitutional convention of 1787.
Branch of government that enforces the laws
What is the executive branch.
What Federalist added to the constitution in order to get anti-federalist to ratify the constitution
What was the Bill of Rights.
The last State to ratify the Constitution.
What is Rhode Island.
Started the rebellion that pointed out the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
Who was Daniel Shays.
Convention thats goal was to make the framework for that balanced power between the central and state government.
what was the Constitutional Convention of 1786 held in Philadelphia
Branch of government that interprets laws, and decides whether or not they are unconstitutional.
What is the judicial branch.
The compromise that made is used in the constitution, and has a two house legislature with a population based representation in the House, and equal representation in the Senate.
What is the Great Compromise.
9th state that ratified the Constitution, allowing the constitution to pass.
What is New Hampshire.
The most important Anti-Federalist.
Who was George Mason.
Process that divided all of the western land into towns that could be sold.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785.
Plans that proposed how representation in congress would work, and whether or not they were unicameral or bicameral.
What was the New Jersey Plan, the Virginia Plan, and the Great Compromise.
Plan that would give population based representation.
What is the Virginia Plan?
What was the main argument against the constitution that kept it from being ratified for so long.
What is not protecting individual Rights.
The main author of the Constitution, commonly know as the father of the Constitution.
Who was James Madison.
When was the Constitution officially ratified.
What was 1788
System that was made in order to make sure one branch of government wouldn’t become too powerful.
What is Checks and Balances.
Plan that would give proposed a bicameral house, and equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan.
When was the Constitution ratified.
What was 1787.