Government After American Revolution
1787 Convention
People
Debate After Convention
Vocabulary
100

The primary economic problem after the Revolution- a cause was printing money and/or increased money in circulation 

Inflation 

100

Plan that favored large sates 

Virginia Plan 

100

He wrote of the embarrassment of rebellion and led the call for a new, stronger central government  

George Washington 

100

Those who supported the Constitution 

Federalist 

100

Any plan for governing 

Constitution  

200

First plan for governing the US which created a weak central government 

Articles of Confederation 

200

Plan that favored small states 

New Jersey Plan 

200

Father of the Constitution 

James Madison 

200

Those who opposed the Constitution 

Antifederalist 

200

System that loosing joins groups together in more of an alliance 

Confederation 

300

A success under the AOC that dealt with survey land and/or adding states to the union 

Land Ordinance or the Northwest Ordinance 

300

Agreement that created the; legislature and satisfied both small and large states 

Great Compromise 

300

Led a rebellion of Mass farmers disgruntled because of  heavy taxation in their state 

Daniel Shays 

300

Prominent occupation of those that opposed the constitution 

farmers 

300

type of government in which elected representatives govern 

republic 

400

Identify at least 2 important powers the AOC did not allow the Federal government to possess 

PACT 

400

Resolution to the debate over who would be counted in the population 

3/5ths Compromise 

400

leading Federalist, wrote most of the Federalist papers, believed that a Bill of Rights was implied and there was no need to list them  

Alexander Hamilton 

400

Prominent occupation of those that supported the constitution 

Bankers, merchants 

400

law making group 

legislature 

500

There were 3 republican ideas imbedded in the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.  Name ONE.  

-states would be equal participants in the federal system; plan for statehood

-abolishing slavery

-providing for public education 


500

Author of the Great Compromise 

Roger Sherman 

500

leading antifederalist, wrote supporting Shays rebellion and is quoted as saying "rebellions are as natural in the political world as storms in the physical"  

Thomas Jefferson 

500

The antifederalist exposed this weakness of the Constitution and were the reason it was added to the Constitution 

No Bill of Rights 

500

two part legislature 

bicameral