This uprising of backwoods farmers in Massachusetts made political leaders to consider revising the AOC.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
200
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature under the Constitution and was a compromise between the plans of these two states.
What are Virginia and New Jersey?
300
These essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, were written to persuade reluctant states like New York to ratify the Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
400
This law, a rare success of the AOC, set rules for statehood and outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
500
This state has the oldest functioning state constitution in the country, having been ratified by the citizens of the state in 1780.