Articles of Confederation & Constitutional Convention

Documents

100

Created the first government of the United States after declaring independence from Great Britain

Articles of Confederation

200

Type of government created by the Articles of Confederation

Loose alliance of states with a weak central government

300

First 10 Amendments added to the U.S Constitution

Bill of Rights

400

Purpose or goal of the Constitutional Convention

revise or fix the articles - create a stronger national government

500

Replaced the Articles of Confederation - created at the Constitutional Convention

U.S. Constitution

Compromises

100

Added to the U.S. Constitution to protect individual rights and freedoms

Bill of Rights

300

Compromise that addressed how slaves would be counted for representation and taxation purposes

Three-Fifths Compromise

Representation

100

System of government where power is divided between national and state governments

Federalism

Weaknesses

100

What event exposed weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to the Constitutional Convention?

Shay's Rebellion

Ratification

100

someone who supported the Constitution - wanted a strong national government

Federalist

200

Someone who opposed the new constitution - wanted states and people to have power

Anti-Federalist

300

Meeting of 55 delegates in Philadelphia to discuss the Articles but ended up creating a whole new system of government

Constitutional Convention