Vocab
Depression
A period when economic activity slowed and unemployment increased
Why was time bad for farmers?
What is because farmers couldn’t pay their debts.
What type of representation would the states have under The Virginia Plan?
What is Proportional Representation
A former continental army captain
Who is Daniel Shay’s
Why did Madison and Hamilton call for conversion in 1787
They wanted to discuss the trade issues
Manumission
The freeing of individual enslaved persons, and the state’s population
Each enslaved person was counted as three-fifths of a person for what purposes?
What is for taxation and representation.
Two Americans who were active in the movement for change
Who is James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
Why did some delegates criticize the Virginia plan
Because they wanted a confederation system in which all states are represented equally
Proportional
Corresponding in size, to the population of each state
On what issue did the convention decide to delay action until 1808?
What is Slavery.
A powerful speaker and writer wrote the final draft of the constitution
Who is Gouveneur Morris
Who refused to sign the constitution?
Elbridge Gerry, Edmund Randolph, and George Mason
Compromise
An agreement between two or more sides in which each side gives up some of what it wants.
What event caused George Washington to change his mind about revising the Articles of Confederation?
What is Shay’s Rebellion.
Who suggested the great compromise
Who is Roger Sherman
How many house were there in the Virginia plan
Two house
Daniel shays
A former continental army captain, they forced courts in western massachusetts to close so judges could not confiscate farmers lands.
What was happening to farmers who could not pay their debts?
What is they were being thrown into jail or their lands were being seized.
Who was the keen supporters of a strong national government
Who is Edmund Randolph
How did they convince the south to sign the constitution
They would not interfere with the slave trade until a later time