important people
who was Daniel shay?
who are the federalists?
a political group who supported a Strong central government and ratified the constitution
what was the great compromise??
>delegate roger Sherman prosper a plan that had the bicameral legislature of the Virginia plan and New Jersey plan
what were the 3 branches of government and each of there main powers?
Legislative=makes the laws
executive= enforces the laws
judicial=interprets the laws
who wrote the most of the federalist papers?
Alexander Hamilton
who was James Madison??
he was part of the federalists (a delegate)
proposed a bill of rights
helped with the constitutional convention
who are the anti-federalists?
a diverse group of people who opposed the ratification of the u.s. constitution and feared that it created a central government was too powerful
(no bill of rights and were afraid of a dictator and tyrant)
what is the difference between the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan?
>the New Jersey plan (led by William Paterson)was the smaller states thought it would be more fair and didn't give much power to the central government
>the Virginia plan (led by Edmund Randolph) was a new constitution that would give soverighty or power to the central government
what is northwest territory?
areas that one now in Illinois, Indiana,Michigan,Ohio,minnesota and wischonsin west of the applimacian mountains
what is federalism?
when a central/national government shares powers with the states that make up the country
who or what is publius and who used it?
a pseudnym used by Alexander Hamilton , John Jay,
and James Madison to write the federalist papers to create the new constitution
what was the Congress?
>made up of two chairs the Senate and the house of representatives
what were the articles of confederation and what was its main problem?
it was the original constitution most of the power with the states so the Congress couldn't do anything
and the main problem was it had no executive branch and no judicial branch only legislative branch and no system of checks and balances
what was inflation?
makes prices go up and the value of money go down
what were checks and balances ?
system that keeps one branch from becoming more powerful than other one keeps branches in check
who or what is Brutus and who used it?
a pseudonym used by the anti federalists to refute the federalist papers
>was held in 1787 in independence hall in philadelphia
>made to revise the articles of confederation
what were the federalist papers and who wrote them?
the federalist papers were a series of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to defend the new constitution
what was Magna Carta?
documents signed by king John of England in 1215 that made king subject to law
unicameral>government with one part legislature
bicameral>government with 2part legislature
who was roger Sherman ?
and who was Edmund Randolph?
a delegate who proposed a plan called the great compromise
a delegate who proposed a plan called the Virginia plan
what was shays rebellion??
what was the three fifths compromise ??
a compromise that the government can put taxes on inports and couldnt ban the slave trade
what was suffrage ?
The right to vote
what is rule of law?
the idea that even government officials are subject to the law